Bihar: Mob attacks circle officer, cops in Madhubani village

MADHUBANI: The circle officer (CO) of Andhrathari block and some constables received minor injuries in a mob attack at Gidarganj under Jhanjharpur subdivision in Madhubani district late on Tuesday evening. Two vehicles were also damaged in the incident.
The CO and Andharathari police team were there to find out if anyone from the village had participated in the Tablighi Jamaat at Nizamuddin in Delhi in mid-March.An FIR was lodged at Andharathari police station on Wednesday afternoon.
“Stones were pelted when the police team led by the CO went there to check if any of the Delhi’s Tablighi Jamaat attendees was staying at the village mosque,” Jhanjharpur DSP Amit Sharan told reporters on Wednesday.
Madhubani district magistrate Dr Nilesh Ramchandra Deore said the police team visited the mosque to ask people to follow social distancing norms in view of the Covid-19 threat. “The police team also wanted to ascertain if anyone from the village had been to Hazarat Nizamuddin to participate in the Tablighi Jamaat in Delhi,” he said.
“However, the police team was pelted with stones and vehicles were damaged. Later reinforcements reached the village and police resorted to lathicharge to bring the situation under control,” the DM said.
Police detained Md Mushtaq, Md Ishmarul, Lal Mohammad and one Naseera Khatun on Tuesday night. Though a named FIR has been lodged, the officer in-charge at Andharathari police station preferred not to share the names of other accused. Hunt is on to nab the other culprits, the SHO said.
Sources said 45 persons, including the four already detained, and 200 unnamed persons have been made accused in the FIR.