VILLAGERS ATTACKED EXCISE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL

Ara, 6 April 2023, (RNI): At least a dozen persons including half a dozen Excise Department personnel were injured at Rajdeo Nagar Perhap village under Sahar police station. Later the injured were admitted to the Ara Sadar Hospital. An FIR has been lodged with the police under Sahar police station in this regard.

Sleuths of Excise Department under the Inspector Alok Kumar  Sehgal went to the Rajdeo Nagar Perhap village Schedule Caste Tola under Sahar police station in the evening to conduct raid on information of selling of liquor in the village and arrested five persons including Jawahir Ram of Rajdeo Nagar and Anil Ram of Sudhani village under Udwantnagar police station for taking liquor. The villagers tried to get the arrested persons freed and clashed with the personnel of Excise Department Seeing the team of Excise Department, the villagers became agitated and clashed with them and pelted with stones on one another in which over a dozen persons from both sides including the Inspector and the Sub-Inspector of the Excise Department were injured. The villagers succeeded in getting the arrested persons freed.

The villagers said that Anil Ram had come to attend the rituals of late Kamlesh Ram brother of Shailendra Ram of Rajdeo Nagar Scheduled Caste Tola but the Excise Department personnel arrested him on fake charge and when his wife Sarswati Devi requested them to release her husband, they attacked with lathi on her head and injured. At this, the villagers became agitated and attacked the Excise Department personnel. Later the police rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control. An FIR was lodged with the police in this regard.