Kumar Rajiv Nayan
Ara : A police jeep was damaged and two police personnel were injured as the villagers and members of a Baraat party attacked a police team with them with traditional weapons when it reached village Ekauna Tola under Charpokhari police station (PS) in Bhojpur District in South Bihar on May 21, 2021, late night, to stop a dance programme allegedly by bar girls during a marriage ceremony. Police had to make a hasty retreat after villagers and member of Baraat party attacked them.
SHO, Charpokhari PS, said that during a marriage ceremony at Ekauna Tola dance programme by bar girls was organized on disc jockey (DJ) though the government has banned such programmes in view of lockdown enforced in the state to check spread of coronavirus. On getting information about it, police rushed to the spot to get the dance programme packed up but the villagers and Baraat party members attacked them with traditional weapons and damaged a police jeep and also injuring two police personnel. The SHO said that an FIR was lodged against 7 named and five unnamed persons in this connection. Police are investigating the matter.