Two police officers have been attacked by some people and one of them has been injured after taking into custody a man who was allegedly involved in a fight with another group near Ottapalam in Palakkad, Kerala.
An officer of the Ottapalam police station on Tuesday (April 1, 2025) said the officers were attacked by members of the same group with whom the person in custody had a fight.
The officer said that a complaint was received at the station about a fight between two groups and two officers were dispatched to stop it.
After they broke up the fight and took one person into custody, the members of the other group suddenly attacked them, injuring the person in custody and one of the officers, the police said.
The injured officer will need to undergo surgery on his left arm, they said.
Two persons from the group who attacked the officers have been taken into custody, but their arrests have not been recorded yet, the police added.
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