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Assam: 12 security personnel, some villagers injured in mob attack in Hailakandi district

At least 12 security personnel and some villagers were injured when an irate mob attacked them in Nitainagar village in Hailakandi district of Assam on Friday night, PTI reported. The mob allegedly attacked the security personnel and villagers after they tried to prevent the lynching of four men.

The injured included Hailakandi Sadar police station officer in-charge Hemanta Kumar Das, second officer Ashoke Chakraborty, Algapur police station officer in-charge Borat Chandra Kar and two jawans of the Central Reserve Police Force.

Additional Superintendent of Police Barun Purkayastha said a group of nine people, including police constable Jamil Hussain, had gone to the weekly Laskarbazar cattle market in Nitainagar. Local persons, suspecting the nine individuals to be child-lifters, attacked them. The mob also set on fire the vehicle that the nine individuals had travelled in.

A police team from Hailakandi Sadar police station and CRPF jawans went to the spot and tried to stop four of the nine individuals from being lynched. But the mob also thrashed the officials. Some locals who tried to save the policemen from being beaten up also suffered injuries.

Purkayastha added that Das’ condition was serious, and he was taken to the Silchar Medical College Hospital in Cachar district. Later, additional forces were rushed...

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