Jaipur: Cops chasing a buffalo stolen from Haryana were left with dung on their face when they were detained, thrashed and humiliated by Alwar villagers.

Around 50 policemen from Haryana raided Bilaspur village of Alwar district in Rajasthan to track elusive buffaloes on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday.

The team of cops was attacked by angry villagers, their vehicles were badly damaged and wireless and GPS sets were stolen.

While 20 cops managed to escape from the village, the remaining 30 were held back by villagers and freed only after an Alwar Police team led by deputy superintendent of police (Bhiwari-Alwar) Ashish Prabhakar rushed to their rescue.

A 50-member team of Haryana Police led by their Criminal Investigation Agency (CIA) inspector Narendra Singh and comprising SHOs of five police stations of Rewari district, arrived at around 1 am in Bilaspur village near Tijara.

The team did not inform the Alwar Police about their Rajasthan visit to investigate a case of buffalo-theft registered at Khol police station in Rewari.

Acting on a tip-off about stolen buffaloes being in Bilaspur, the cops conducted surprise raids and started lugging 12 buffaloes on two mini-trucks. Just when they were about to leave with the buffaloes, villagers spotted the cops and ambushed them.

Local cops who arrived at spot around 2.30 am managed to pacify angry villagers. The Bhiwadi police said that no complaints were lodged by the villagers or the Haryana cops.