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Three policemen injured during raid on liquor unit

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Press Trust of India Sheikhpura (Bihar)
Three police personnel were injured today by liquor mafia today during a raid at an illegal liquor manufacturing unit at Mahbatpur village in Bihar's Sheikhpur district.

Two sub-inspectors Suresh Rajak and Sheikh Hazrat and a constable Mohammad Ashraf were injured and the attackers also snatched a rifle from the police team during the raid, Sheikhpura SHO Anil Kumar said.

The injured have been admitted to a local primary health centre for treatment, he said, adding an FIR against persons has been lodged in this regard.

The police later recovered the rifle abandoned in a field and also seized 125 bottles of foreign liquor from the village.
 

The raid was part of a police plan to destroy country-made liquor manufacturing units across the state following the state government's decision to ban the manufacture and sale of all types of liquor at villages from April 1 in view of the new excise policy.

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First Published: Mar 23 2016 | 5:42 PM IST

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