In a bizarre incident, a group of villagers detained a police party led by officer-in-charge Ghatshila for two hours at a village in naxal-infested Karadoba panchayat under Ghatshila police station area on Friday morning.
The officer-in-charge, Alok Prasad, had gone to Ghaspatta village in Karadoba panchayat to arrest a man, who was accused of torturing a woman for dowry.
Sources said that a police party led by officer-in-charge of Ghatshila police station was detained from 10.30 am to 12.30 pm and was not allowed to arrest an accused in a case of dowry torture. There were about 100 villagers, who had detained the police party in Ghaspatta.
located at the Bengal border, Karadoba is Naxal infested. The police party hardly ventures into the area. On seeing the police coming to village, the villagers detained the police party. The officer-in-charge, Ghatshila said that he had gone to investigate a dowry case and arrest the accused, but the villagers decided to settle the matter through mutual understanding.