Satish Aditya
Kishanganj : SHO, Kishanganj Town Police Station, in Kishanganj District in Bihar, Ashwani Kumar, was lynched by a mob on April 10, 2021, early morning, at village Pantapara under Goalpokhar Police Station in North Dinajpur District in West Bengal, where he had gone with a police team to conduct raids on a hideout of vehicle thieves to arrest motorcycle theft case accused.
Kishanganj SP Kumar Ashish told this reporter that SHO, Kishanganj Town police staion, Ashwani had gone there with a team of police to
arrest accused in a motorcycle theft case after informing the North Dinajpur District police as well as the local police station . But, the North Dinajpur police did not reach the spot for joint action, the SP added. The Kishanganj police team members were surrounded by a mob and SHO Ashwani Kumar was beaten to death, he said.
IG, Purnia, Sureshwar Chaudhary, said the body of slain SHO Kumar has been received by Bihar police after post-mortem at Islampur hospital in West Bengal. The deceased SHO Kumar was resident of Jankinagar in Purnia District in Eastern Bihar and was at present posted in neighbouring Kishanganj District. A guard of honour was given to the deceased at Kishanganj policeline.