RANCHI: Two policemen were injured when a mob attacked a police team that had gone to rescue a tractor in Angoothia village under Hiranpur police station limits on Sunday. One of the officers was tied to a tree and brutally beaten, while another’s uniform was torn by the attackers.

Police said the assault took place when ASI Govind Kumar Saha reached the spot with his team after receiving a complaint from a tractor owner. The complainant alleged that two men — identified as Karmu Rai (39) and Sio Rai (36) — along with several others, had stopped his tractor and assaulted the driver, demanding extortion money.

When the police team arrived, the accused and their associates including several women attacked them with sticks, stones and sharp weapons. ASI Saha was tied to a tree and severely

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