Three policemen injured during raid on liquor unit

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.