Satish Aditya
Motihari :  Police have arrested 11 persons till November 9, 2021, from village Dhrampur under Sugauli police station (PS) in East Champaran District North Bihar for allegedly assaulting an ASI of police Sitaram Das on Deepawali night when he when he reached the village to arrest some gamblers. ASO Das was tied to an electric pole and thrashed by some miscreants at the village.

East Champaran SP Navin Chandra Jha said that investigation into the incident was on and more persons would be arrested in this case. ASI Sitaram Das, posted at Sugauli PS, was eventually rescued by a police team which reached village Dharmpur after getting information about the incident.  According to police, a case was lodged against nine  named accused and 200 unidentified persons in this connection.