25 booked for attacking police

Police booked 25 unidentified people, including three women and five drug pushers, for attacking the force in a raid on Saturday.

The attack on the police left the SHO of Fatehpur police station and three constables injured yesterday.

The police had raided Basti Odan Wali near Mouza Saldeera, on a tip-off about drug pushers. When the police reached there, people gathered and pelted stones on them, injuring the SHO and three constables.

The culprits also caught some of the officials and held them hostage. DSP Burewala, Zafar Iqbal, rushed to the crime scene along with a heavy contingent of police and got released the hostages from the accused.