22 persons including 15 women of Redhua village were arrested by Gop Police on charges of detention of a police team on August 6.
Ten policemen including two Assistant Sub Inspectors (ASIs) of Gop police station had gone to Redhua village under Mahalapada panchayat to conduct a raid in the village to nab a person accused of burglary. The villagers allegedly detained the police party for over 6 hours. They were rescued on August 7.
Reportedly, the team had gone to the village to execute the arrest of an accused when detained the police team for over six hours as scores of villagers including women obstructed the movement of the two police jeeps.
The policemen were rescued after Nimapara Sub Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Pradip Kumar Dalei accompanied by Inspector In-Charges (IICs) of Konark, Nimapada, Kakatpur police stations along with a platoon of policemen reached the spot, reports said.
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