More than 50 people belonging to the land mafia attacked cops with bricks and stones on Monday when Deoghar police swooped down on sand miners in Jharkhand, police said on Tuesday. Officer in-charge of Kunda police station, Santosh Kumar Mandal, and a few others were injured trying to seize the tractors involved in the crime.
The miscreants fled when a police patrol team reached the spot. They left behind tractors loaded with sand and four motorcycles. One Mahesh Mohli was arrested from the spot. Three others were held later and sent to jail. Deoghar SP Ajit Peter Dungdung said 25 named and 30 unknown persons have been booked. “All will be nabbed soon,” he said.