Village watchman sustains injuries
A police sub-inspector (SI) and a man allegedly involved in smuggling of liquor were killed and a village “chowkidar” sustained injuries in a gunfight in a village in the Majorganj police station limits in Sitamarhi district of north Bihar on Wednesday. Two accused are absconding.
Acting on a tip-off, a police team went to Kuari-Madan village to arrest Ranjay Kumar Singh, the alleged smuggler and a fugitive in an old case.
“As soon as the team led by SI Dinesh Ram, along with watchman Lalbabu Paswan, reached the house of the fugitive, criminals opened fire. In the exchange of fire that followed, Mr. Ram and Mr. Paswan were injured. The SI died on the way to hospital, while the watchman sustained injuries in the hand,” district police official P.N. Sahu.