A Station House Officer (SHO) was injured when some people fired at a police team in Bihar's Bhojpur district, a senior police officer said today.
Superintendent of Police, Awakash Kumar said a man was shot dead at Bajeriyan village yesterday evening. When a police team was leaving the place with the body, some people fired at the team to protest the taking away of the body, in which the SHO Sanjay Kumar received bullet injury in his hand.
The police team also returned the fire, the SP said.
Around 15 people were today arrested in connection with yesterday's firing, Kumar said.
The situation in the village is tense but under control, he said, adding additional police forces have been deployed at the village where senior officials are camping.
The son of a village homeguard was shot dead by a man identified as Bahadur yesterday evening. The angry villagers attacked the house of Bahadur and set his bicycle, tractor on fire, Kumar said.
A police team went to the village and was about the leave the place with the body when some villagers fired at the cops to prevent them from taking the body, the SP said.
The injured SHO was admitted to Ara Sadar hospital from where he was shifted to a private hospital, the SP added.
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