Hisar police raid hooch unit, attacked

Hisar, April 30

A police party was attacked during a raid on a hooch manufacturing unit in Piranwali village of the district on Wednesday night.

Three cops, namely Satya Naryana, Manjita and Poonam, suffered minor injuries in the incident and were taken to a hospital.

Hisar SP Ganga Ram Punia said the police got a tip-off about the manufacturing of hooch in the village. A joint team of the CIA and the district police launched a search operation and tracked the bhattis where the process to manufacture hooch was being undertaken. Trainee IPS Vikrant Bhushan, who is SHO of Hisar Sadar police, and a Duty Magistrate led the team. However, as the cops carried out the operation, some villagers threw stones on police vehicles.

The SP said they had launched a hunt to nab the assailants after registering criminal cases under the Sections of the IPC and the Excise Act against 70-80 persons. He said three of the accused had been arrested and efforts were being made to nab others. — TNS