29 arrested for attack on cops

Varanasi, October 29

Twenty-nine persons have been arrested for attacking a police team that raided Harsos village of Varanasi on Monday night to nab two wanted criminals.

A team of personnel from the Jaunpur unit of the crime branch reached the village on Monday night and arrested Rajan and Rahul in connection of a murder and loot case, they said. While the team left in a car, a sub-inspector and a constable, who were on a motorcycle, were stopped and beaten up by villagers, the police said. Around 29 villagers were arrested in this connection. — PTI