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Crime
Police Raid in Bhattar Village, Purnia: Hostage Incident Ends with Seven Arrests
✍️ Amar Ujala · Bihar
🗓 06 Nov 2026, 04:31 PM
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In Bhattar village of Purnia, a young man was taken hostage by a group of villagers. Police intervened, freed the youth, and arrested seven suspects after villagers attacked the officers.
A young man who had come to meet his girlfriend was seized as a hostage in Bhattar village, Purnia district. When a police team arrived to secure the situation, local villagers launched an assault on the officers, injuring an SI and three other police personnel. The police managed to free the hostage and subsequently arrested seven accused persons. The incident is under investigation, and authorities have assured the public that the situation is now under control.