7 policemen suspended over lynching of Bihar SHO in Bengal
The Hindu
The officer got no support from his team or local police
A day after a in West Bengal’s north Dinajpur district while conducting raid in a motorbike theft case, seven policemen were suspended on Sunday for dereliction of duty. The suspended policemen were accompanying the Kishanganj town police Station House Officer Ashwini Kumar, a 1994 batch officer, while conducting raid at Pantapada village under Goalpokhar police station of north Dinajpur district of West Bengal early on Saturday. Apart from Mr. Kumar, all others escaped unhurt while the SHO who was leading the raiding team, was caught and lynched by a mob. The SHO was brutally beaten with sticks and stones and was declared brought dead at the local Islampur sadar hospital.More Related News
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