Probe into attack on cops in Bihar's Katihar is on: Official
Katihar (Bihar) (PTI): The Bihar Police are investigating an attack on seven men in uniform, including two station house officers (SHOs), by a group of villagers in Katihar district, a senior officer said on Sunday.
The cops were injured when a group of villagers attacked the Pranpur Police Station on Saturday, hours after the death of a man allegedly in custody.
Locals went on a rampage in the police station and damaged vehicles parked on the premises after 40-year-old Pramod Kumar Singh was found dead in the lockup. He was arrested on Friday for possessing bottles of liquor in dry Bihar.
The two injured SHOs have been identified as Manitosh Kumar of Pranpur Police Station and Shailesh Kumar of Dandkohra Police Station, the senior officer said.
"All the injured policemen have been admitted to the district hospital in Katihar and their condition is stated to be stable. The situation is completely under control and our teams are camping in the area," Acting Superintendent of Police Daya Shankar said on Saturday.
The body was found as the police officers were preparing documents to produce Singh before a court, he claimed.
As the news of Singh's death spread, villagers armed with sticks and iron rods attacked the police station and injured the men in uniform.
"The situation could only be brought under control after additional security personnel were called in from the nearest police stations," he said.
Shailesh Kumar was among those who were deployed from other police stations, the officer said.
Singh's body has been sent for post-mortem examination and a case registered against those who attacked the policemen, he added.
The government on April 5, 2016 banned the manufacture, trade, storage, transportation, sale and consumption of liquor in the state and made it a punishable offence for those violating the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act 2016 which has so far been amended several times.
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Ratan Tata's mortal remains taken from home to NCPA for people to pay tributes
Mumbai (PTI): Legendary industrialist Ratan Tata's body was on Thursday morning taken from his house in a hearse, decked with white flowers, to the NCPA in south Mumbai where it would be kept for people to pay their last respects.
Before the hearse started from Tata's home, located a couple of kilometres away from the National Centre for Performing Arts (NCPA), the Mumbai Police band played a tune as a mark of respect to him.
As the news of Tata's demise spread, people from different walks of life gathered outside his house since early Thursday morning to pay tribute to him.
Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar was among the early visitors at Tata's home.
Ratan Tata, who is credited with transforming the Tata Group into a globally renowned conglomerate, died at age 86 at the Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai on Wednesday night.
Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, his deputy Devendra Fadnavis, Maharashtra’s education minister Deepak Kesarkar and industrialist Mukesh Ambani were among those who rushed to the hospital after hearing about Tata's death.
The mortal remains of Tata were brought out of the hospital in an ambulance escorted by police vehicles early on Thursday and taken to his residence in Colaba.
CM Shinde has said Ratan Tata will be accorded a state funeral.
The Maharashtra government has declared a day of mourning in the state on Thursday to pay tributes to Ratan Tata, the Chief Minister's Office said.
A statement quoting CM Shinde said the national tricolour on government offices in Maharashtra will be flown at half-mast on Thursday as a sign of mourning.
Tata's mortal remains will be kept at the NCPA from 10 am to 3.30 pm on Thursday for people to pay their respects.
His last rites will be performed in Worli area of Mumbai later in the day.
