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Panna Police Recover Looted Rifles After Villagers Attack Arrest Team

The culpable-homicide suspect is in custody, with teams pursuing villagers who injured two officers.

Overview

  • A Brajpur police team went to Dharampur to detain Pancham Singh Yadav, booked under BNS Section 105 for culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
  • As officers returned with the accused, relatives and other villagers attacked with stones and sharp weapons, injuring station in-charge Mahendra Singh Bhadoria and constable Ram Niranjan Das.
  • Attackers snatched two service/INSAS rifles during the clash, which police later recovered after reinforcements reached the village.
  • Panna SP Nivedita Naidu led additional forces to restore order, and the injured officers are receiving treatment at Birla Hospital in Satna.
  • Several attackers remain untraced as multiple teams search the area, and state Congress leader Jitu Patwari publicly criticized Chief Minister and Home Minister Mohan Yadav over the incident.