UP: Noida cops assaulted in Ghaziabad village during probe, pistol looted

Ghaziabad/Noida, Nov 27 (PTI) Some Noida Police personnel have been allegedly assaulted by villagers in Ghaziabad who also looted a service weapon from them, officials said.

Among those injured in the attack were two personnel of the Noida Sector 63 police station who had gone to Masauta village in Ghaziabad on Sunday in connection with a probe, they said.

The attack took place after an argument broke out between the police team, which was in a private car, and some locals at a culvert over letting the vehicle pass, an officer said.

"The Noida Police team had come to Masauta village, under the Masoori police station area of Ghaziabad, to probe a case lodged in Noida. There is a narrow culvert near the village where an argument broke out between the two sides over the passage of the vehicle," Assistant Commissioner of Police (Masoori, Ghaziabad) Naresh Kumar said.

"The locals attacked the police team and two personnel were injured. A service pistol of the personnel also went missing from the spot," Kumar said.

Four accused, who were in another car and were involved in the attack on the police team, have been identified while efforts are on to ascertain the identity of others, the officer said.

Raids are being carried out to arrest the accused and an FIR will be lodged under the relevant provisions of the law, he added. PTI