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An official from Sanawan police station said a police team conducted a raid in Basti Sohni Wala to arrest an individual wanted in relation to a rape case.
He added that when the policemen entered one of the houses in the area, several villagers who were armed with wooden sticks and rods attacked the officials.
He said that the villagers misbehaved with the cops and they physically assaulted Sub-Inspector Ilyas and Constable Arif and locked them in a room. The accused also tore the officials’ uniform and snatched their weapons, he mentioned.
The official maintained that after sometime, a heavy contingent of police officials reached the spot and recovered the abducted policemen from the custody of the villagers.
Meanwhile, Sanawan police registered a case against dozens of villagers. Police claimed to have arrested two suspects involved in the incident. Further investigations are under way.
Earlier, seven policemen, who were abducted by bandits in the riverine area of Rajanpur, were rescued after a successful police operation.
Police officers were taken hostage when they were sailing on a boat nearby an island in the Indus River near Moro in the limits of Bangla Icha police station. The bandits took the officers and their boat to their hideout.
Following their abduction, police started an operation in the area to recover the policemen during which an exchange of fire occurred between the police and bandits.
However, the bandits managed to escape from the spot while police successfully and safely recovered the officers.
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