Cops attacked in Hisar over property dispute

Tribune News Service

Hisar, April 18

The police have registered three cases in regard to a clash between two groups over a property dispute in Patan village, near here last night.

The accused also assaulted the police and resorted to arson and stone-pelting on cops last night.

The police arrested 10 persons and took three of them on remand for two days today.

The scuffle started between two groups on Saturday over the possession of a house in Patan village of the district. The issue snowballed at night, as a group of assailants set fire to a tractor-trolley, a Bolero car, a motorcycle and smashed windowpanes of a police vehicle.

A heavy police posse was deployed in the village and the Superintendent of Police Balwan Singh Rana too reached the spot.

The police spokesperson said they had registered three FIRs, of which two were against both parties, while the third had been against 25 villagers and 60 unidentified persons of Patan village in Hisar.

The spokesperson said a case had been registered on the complaint of Sanjay, a resident of Patan village, against Dewat Ram, Sitaram, Rajaram, Misrilal and 10-15 unknown under Sections 147, 149, 323, 354-B, 452 and 427 of the IPC.

The second case was registered on the complaint of 42-year-old Bhavana Devi, a resident of Gangwa village of Hisar, against Sanjay, his wife Kamlesh, and seven-eight unidentified persons under Sections 147, 149, 323, 354-B, 448 and 506 of the IPC.

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