Cattle thieves attack cops in Hathras

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An FIR has been lodged against unidentified persons on charges including attempt to murder at Sikandararau police station. “I received a phone call from one Bheekam Prasad Singh of Pant Road around 12.45 am seeking help, as two persons were trying to brake into his cattle shed where two buffaloes and a cow were kept,” Sikandararau police Station House Officer Rajveer Singh said.

“I immediately alerted constables Uma Shankar and Arvind Kumar, who were on on patrolling duty in the area. When the constables, who were at a distance of 1 km from the spot, were about to reach the house, Prasad raised an alarm, alerting his neighbours. By the time the constables reached Prasad’s house, the thieves had escaped,” he added.

“The constables were told that the miscreants had fled towards the thickets and they started looking for them… They spotted the two youths soon after. As they caught the two miscreants… two more persons appeared from the thickets and attacked the constables with iron rods. While the constables fell on the ground, the cattle theives fled by firing in the air,” said the SHO.