Bihar Cop Beaten To Death During Raid In Bengal, 3 Arrested: Police

Ashwini Kumar was in the village with a police team to apprehend the accused in the case that was registered in the Kishanganj police station, they said.

A police officer from Bihar was allegedly beaten to death by a mob during a raid in West Bengal's Uttar Dinajpur district in the early hours of Saturday, officials said. The incident happened in Pantapada village in the Goalpokhar police station area of the district after midnight when Ashwini Kumar, the Station House Officer of Kishanganj police station in Bihar, was leading a raid in connection with a motorcycle theft case, they said. Mr Kumar was in the village with a police team to apprehend the accused in the case that was registered in the Kishanganj police station, they said. However, he was surrounded by a mob and allegedly thrashed, officials said.