Hanumanganj police have from Kazi camp arrested nine persons who attacked three policemen who had gone to check tea stall late in the night in Kazi Camp area.
The family members including two women and a girl of tea stall owner were injured after police team went to arrest the owner of the tea stall.
The police team was attacked and a senior official was injured after assailants tried to pour hot tea over him when the team went to check an open tea stall after night curfew was imposed.
According to the police, Zaheer Maulana’s tea stall was found open at 10.45 pm while the night curfew imposes from 10 pm and when police team went the owner and his aides opposed and attacked the cops.
In the attack police team was injured. Three policemen were injured in the attack.
SHO Hanumanganj police MS Thakur said that the accused attack when the police team reached and found that tea stall Al Madeena was open during night curfew and instead of closing the shop, owner and aides had a heated exchange of words and later attacked with wooden sticks, pelted tea glasses while women stone pelted the team after which the team returned and a case was registered on their complaint. Zaheer, his son Salman and Shahwez and few customers attacked the police team.
Police have booked Zaheer, Saif, Adnan, Ramzani, Imran, Danish, Sameer, Imran Khan, Sajid, Salman, Ayub, Kallu, Nusrat, Uzma and Shahnoor.
Locals have alleged that police team returned late in the night entered the house and scuffled with the women and girls in the house and also damaged belongings.