At least seven police personnel were injured in an attack by a dhaba owner and his employees, when police personnel raised the dhaba for illegal sale of liquor and in the process to seize the liquor.
The incident took place on Tuesday night and the condition of the injured cops is reportedly stable in the hospital.
A special police team engaged to check the illegal sale of liquor on the highways was attacked by the dhaba owner when a team comprising of eight police personnel went to the dhaba where open sale of liquor was going on to the people and many people were consuming liquor in Dhaba.
Addl SP Mhow Nagendra Singh told The Pioneer that a police team was formed to check the illegal sale of liquor especially from Holi to Rangpanchami as people consume liquor and meet with accidents and they also engage in brawls.
Police had received information of sale of illegal liquor in Yadav Dhaba at choral ghat near railway crossing, police team seized nine boxes of liquor from this dhaba and two and half boxes at Sharda Dhaba Bherughat. When police team was seizing the liquor boxes, the owner of Yadav Dhaba Ajay Yadav, Atul Yadav and Rakesh Yadav with their workers and relatives around 50 people attacked police team with iron rod, sticks and pelted stones on the policeman and police vehicle.
ASI Yatidnra Mishra was severely wounded and became unconscious 0on the spot, while head constable Mukesh Nagar, constables Yogesh, Rajesh, Devendra, Subham Suner, Sumer Singh and Nawaj also sustained injuries.
later, the police force from Simrol police station reached the spot and rescued the policeman and were sent to hospital. The Sarpanch of village Baigran Suresh Jaiswal also reached at the dhaba and forced police team not to take any action.