Jharkhand: Mob thrashes 4 police personnel mistaking them as forest officials, 3 held

A mob in Jharkhand’s Palamu district allegedly thrashed four police personnel, mistaking them as forest officials. Three people suspected to have been involved in the assault have been detained by the police.

An irate mob has allegedly thrashed four police personnel, including an officer, mistaking them as forest officials in Jharkhand's Palamu district, police said on Saturday. The residents of Semri village were angry as a local was injured in an accident involving a Forest Department vehicle.