

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police personnel were attacked once again, this time by a violent mob in Narela in northwest Delhi on Sunday night. Six persons, including a minor, have been nabbed.

Ten police personnel were injured in the attack and the area SHO sustained a fracture in his hand. Locals have alleged they were in connivance with some pimps and sex workers and facilitating flesh trade.

Around 9.30pm on Sunday, police received a call informing them about a brawl taking place in Sector 10. A PCR van was sent to the spot. The people there asked the police to raid a building saying it's a brothel.

At first, the cops tried to explain that they can't raid a house without a search or arrest warrant, but they could not convince the crowd. They then knocked on the door and spoke to the residents of the house. The woman tenant told them that her relatives and friends had come over. The cops asked them to come to the police station to record their statement.

As they were coming out of the house, the mob began pelting stones at the police personnel. Police said there were voices in the crowd exhorting those present to enter the house and vandalize it.

When the cops asked the people to maintain calm, a group of miscreants attacked them with sticks. The cops flashed a message on wireless seeking help and soon reinforcements reached the spot and rescued them. Locals vandalized PCR vans, police bikes and the SHO's jeep.

The police personnel were taken to hospital. An FIR for rioting, damaging of public property and obstructing a public servant from discharging his duty has been registered.

