a police team of Ludhiana and got freed a drug peddler today.
Swaran Singh was to be produced in a local court for hearing in a criminal case, police said.
A three-member team of Ludhiana police comprising Assistant Sub Inspector Mehar Chand and head constables Sarbjit Singh and Mangal Singh brought Swaran to the district in a bus.
The armed persons, who were in two vehicles, attacked the police team near the bus stand and released the undertrial.
The matter was being probed, police said.