A police official was mowed down and killed while a constable was seriously injured on the intervening nights of Tuesday and Wednesday allegedly by liquor mafias in Bihar’s Begusarai district.
Police officials said the deceased Khamas Choudary, a sub-inspector, was leading a team from the Nawakothi police station in response to a tip-off on liquor smuggling.
“The police team was waiting for the liquor smugglers near the Chhatauna Budhi Gandak river bridge at around midnight on Wednesday. Seeing the policemen, the smugglers increased speed of their vehicle which mowed down the police official Khamas Choudhary and a home guard constable. Later, the police official died while the constable Baleshwar Yadav was admitted to local government hospital with serious injuries”, said Begusarai Superintendent of Police Yogendra Kumar.
