A police station in-charge was crushed to death by a vehicle allegedly carrying illicit liquor while he was trying to intercept it during an anti-smuggling operation on the Indore-Betul highway in Madhya Pradesh’s Dewas district, police said on Monday.
The driver of the vehicle has been arrested, and the liquor-laden vehicle has been seized. Police are investigating the circumstances in which the vehicle struck the Inspector
The incident occurred late on Sunday night. The victim was identified as Dilip Puri, the Station House Officer of Khategaon police station. He had reached the highway with a police team after receiving information about the movement of a vehicle transporting illicit liquor. The driver of the vehicle has been arrested, and the liquor-laden vehicle has been seized. Police are investigating the circumstances in which the vehicle struck the Inspector and whether the driver deliberately ran him over while attempting to escape. The incident has brought renewed attention to the illegal liquor trade in Dewas district, which has been at the centre of controversy following a series of suspected spurious liquor deaths.
