Maha lockdown: Cops attacked by bootleggers in Jalna; 13 held

Jalna, Apr 12 () A bootlegger and his accomplicesattacked a police team in Jalna in Maharashtra on Saturdayevening, leading to injuries to two personnel, an officialsaid.

They had intercepted a motorcycle-borne man carryingliquor during lockdown and he said he had bought it from agroup in Hisoda village in the district's Bhokardan tehsil,Inspector Shankar Shinde said on Sunday.

"When we arrived at the spot, a mob of 40 attacked us.We arrested 13 people. Two policemen were injured and havebeen hospitalised. We seized 55 litres of liquor and destroyedthe place where it was being manufactured. The main accused isPapu Nakim Tadvi," Shinde added. CORBNM BNM