Sub-inspector of Samastipur who became injured on Tuesday morning, succumbed in hospital.

Sub-inspector of Samastipur who became injured on Tuesday morning, succumbed in hospital. Patna August 15 (IANS): A sub-inspector of Samastipur police who was injured while chasing cattle smugglers succumbed due to injuries in the hospital on Tuesday. Nand Kishore Yadav, the incharge of Mohanpur outpost in Samastipur district sustained gunshot injury on his forehead on Tuesday morning around 3 am after around 10 buffalos smugglers open fired on the police team. “We are conducting raids to nab animal smugglers in the region. The matter is under investigation and we are making efforts to identify the cang responsible for the attack. We will nab behind the bars soon," said Vinay Tiwari, SP of Samastipur district. Tiwari said that the complaints about cattle theft were reported before Nand Kishore Yadav in Mohanpur outpost and he was investigating the matter. “He had received a tip-off that some cattle smugglers were transporting buffaloes in a vehicle, so he immediately constituted a team and chased them. He managed to release the buffalos but the smugglers opened fire on the police team and one of the bullets hit on the forehead of Yadav,” Tiwari said. The injured sub-inspector was taken to a private hospital where the doctors have referred him to PMCH for better treatment. He died during the treatment. Ends. IANS.AJK.

Source: IANS