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Cattle smugglers attack cops, injuries two cops severely, four arrests so far

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Guwahati, May 15: Two Assam police personnel including a lady constable have sustained grievous injuries after they were allegedly attacked by four members of a family in Assam’s Cachar district, officials said.

Police have arrested four persons from the same family under the charges of attempt to murder in this connection.

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The cops went to catch a suspected cattle smuggler when the family members attacked the officials with sharp weapons leaving them grievously injured, police sources added.

The incident happened at Gumrah area near India-Bangladesh international border in Cachar district on Tuesday morning and the injured police personnel were rushed to Silchar Medical College and Hospital (SMCH).

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After rescuing the injured police personnel, the other officials detained Abdul Wahid, his wife Abida Begum, daughter Kulasma Begum and son Rohit Ahmed Barbhuyan.

Later a case was registered against them in Gumrah Police Station under several sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and they were arrested, officials said.

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