23 cops injured in mob attack,probe ordered

The family members did not inform the police about Bind’s death and the locals staged a blockade placing the body outside the local police station around 9 am on Saturday. The people alleged the man was murdered and demanded arrest of the accused and compensation to the kin of the deceased,the SP said. He also said the police officials were trying to pacify the mob when they started brick-batting and barged into the police station damaging the boundary walls from three sides. The locals ransacked the SO’s room,the office and damaged the property. A group of the locals set afire SO’s jeep and a Bolero and Scorpio parked on the premises.

The SP added that the police force initially cane-charged and later fired in the air to control the violent mob. A youth has suffered gunshot injury in the firing,Kumar confirmed.

The injured was identified as Ishtiyaq. The policemen and three of the locals had suffered injuries in the brick-batting and they also were admitted at the hospital.

The SP said that they have registered a case of murder on the complaint of Bind’s kin and another case is registered into the violence and arson by the mob. He,however,said that the postmortem examination of the body of the deceased has confirmed asphyxia due to ante-mortem hanging as the cause behind the death which indicated towards the suicide. But,the investigation will be conducted in the case to corroborate the cause of death,the SP added.