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A group of Nihangs chopped off an officer's hand and injured three other Punjab policemen Sunday after being stopped from violating the lockdown in Patiala district, triggering a police operation in which shots were fired and 11 people arrested at a gurdwara.
Assistant Sub Inspector Harjeet Singh's hand was cut off with a sword and three other policemen injured when the group travelling in an SUV attacked them outside the wholesale vegetable market in Sanaur town. A mandi' official was also hurt.
The group fled after the attack and holed itself up in the Nihang Dera complex which also houses Gurdwara Khichdi
