2 Killed, 20 Injured After Bengal Police Fires On Mob During Power Theft Swoop

Diamond Harbour, 24 Pargans, dec 2: Two persons were killed and three others were injured when police fired on a violent mob in south 24-Parganas on Thursday during a crackdown against power thieves.

A 12-year-old girl and a woman were killed and three villagers in Mograhat's Nainan village were injured.

17 policemen were injured in brickbatting by the mob.

The police had gone to the village with engineers of state power utility West Bengal State Electricty Distribution Company Ltd (WBSEDC) to crack down on electricity theft.

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