Cops on Operation Toofan patrol duty attacked in Kozhikode's Kasaba
During Kerala's 'Operation Toofan', two policemen were attacked while on duty. The accused reportedly harboured a grudge and drove an auto rickshaw at them before assaulting them further.
During Kerala's 'Operation Toofan', two policemen were attacked while on duty. The accused reportedly harboured a grudge and drove an auto rickshaw at them before assaulting them further.
During Kerala's 'Operation Toofan', two policemen were attacked while on duty. The accused reportedly harboured a grudge and drove an auto rickshaw at them before assaulting them further.
Two civil police officers, who were on patrolling duty, were attacked in Kasaba in Kozhikode on Saturday. The cops were doing a routine checkup in the area as part of Operation Toofan, the anti-narcotics campaign launched recently by the state government.
The attack, which was around 6 pm, reportedly stemmed from a grudge the accused harboured towards the policemen.
According to the police, the accused, Mohammed Hashim (38), and two others were seen in suspicious circumstances along the road that connects the Waqf Board building and Sreekanteshwara temple. The policemen, civil police officers Ranjith (44) and Anoop Lal (41), who were on foot patrol during the time, questioned them about the same.
The questions however, did not go well with Hashim, who together with his accomplices, attacked the policemen. Hashim allegedly drove an auto-rickshaw towards the policemen and hit them. After that, Hashim, along with the other two, attacked the policemen.
During this time, one of the policemen, Ranjith, managed to escape into a nearby house. The accused reportedly hit the officers against the fence of the house. Ranjith was stuck between the fence and the autorickshaw, police said.
An FIR has been registered at the Kasaba Police Station, and further investigation is on. The accused have been charged under four sections of the Bharathiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023. Section 121(1); voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to deter a public servant, section 132; assault or criminal force to deter a public servant, section 110; attempt to commit culpable homicide, and section 3(5); acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention. Additionally, they have also been charged under section 117(e) of the Kerala Police Act, 2011, which penalises anyone who threatens, obstructs, or assaults a police officer with the manifest intention of preventing them from discharging their duties.