A woman Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) and three Odisha Armed Police Force (OAPF) personnel were injured after they were attacked by a group of people at Kalarasahi village of Jamarunda block under the Umarkote police station in Nabarangpur district on Wednesday night. According to reports, a Umarkote police team, led by the lady ASI Jyoshnarani Behera and comprising OAPF ASI Hari Majhi and four OAPF constables, had gone to Kalarasahi for an excise raid.
The team found a trader selling liquor to some villagers. As the police tried to restrain the villagers from taking liquor, they attacked the cops with sticks, bricks and boulders.
While the ASI sustained bleeding injuries on her head, the villagers severely thrashed three OAPF personnel and damaged the police jeep. An additional police force rushed to the village and rescued the police team and admitted them to hospital.
Umarkote Police Station IIC Birendra Kumar Senapati told reporters, “We have registered a case under Sections 147, 149, 341, 342, 294, 307, 354, 379 and 34 of IPC, Section 7 of Criminal law Amendment Act and Section 3 of Prevention of Damage to Public Property (PDPP) Act. Police will take stern action and arrest those involved in the incident. Besides, action will also be taken against those who have stage-managed the incident.”