A police team was attacked with stones in Balgudar village of Bihar's Lakhisarai district on Sunday morning after it reached the village's Sahni Tola area to act on a tip-off about illegal liquor trade and gambling, officials and reports said.

Source: IANS via TheNewsCom

Four police personnel were injured in the stone-pelting. Sub-Inspector Tribhuvan Thakur suffered a serious head injury, while woman constable Ruchi Kumari and constables Amit Kumar and Jitendra Kumar were also hurt. Two police vehicles were damaged in the attack.

The injured personnel were taken to Lakhisarai Sadar Hospital, where they are undergoing treatment, according to the reports.

Police said the town police station team had received secret information early on Sunday that illegal liquor was being traded and gambling was being run on a large scale in Sahni Tola, and the team had gone to verify the information and take action when a crowd turned violent and began pelting stones.

After the attack, police arrested 12 accused from the spot. Reports said an FIR has been registered naming 19 people, along with about two dozen unidentified persons, and additional force was deployed in the village.

Source: Asian Times

Town police station in-charge Ashok Kumar said raids are continuing to identify and arrest the other accused involved in the attack. Liquor manufacture, sale and consumption have been banned in Bihar since 2016, and enforcement raids against illegal liquor and gambling are a recurring flashpoint in the state's districts.