{"id":140907,"date":"2025-08-13T17:50:44","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T12:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=140907"},"modified":"2025-08-13T17:50:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T12:20:44","slug":"violent-mob-attack-in-assams-hojai-injures-14-police-officers-7-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/?p=140907","title":{"rendered":"Violent Mob Attack in Assam\u2019s Hojai Injures 14 Police Officers, 7 Arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-136520\" src=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/New-Logo-Smal-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"55\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">A<\/span>t least 14 police personnel, including an officer with the rank of Inspector, were injured following a <a href=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/?p=107130\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">mob attack<\/a> on a police team in the Digholbali area of Assam\u2019s Hojai district on Tuesday, August 12. The violence erupted when locals detained a heavy vehicle and its driver. In response, the police dispatched a team to the location to assist the driver. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">However, an argument ensued between the officers and some residents, quickly escalating into violence as more individuals gathered to confront the police.<\/span><\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_140908\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-140908\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/Violent Mob Attack in Assam\u2019s Hojai Injures 14 Police Officers, 7 Arrested\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-140908 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/689c651339f22-assam-131229795-16x9-1.jpg\" alt=\"Violent Mob Attack in Assam\u2019s Hojai Injures 14 Police Officers, 7 Arrested\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/689c651339f22-assam-131229795-16x9-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/689c651339f22-assam-131229795-16x9-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/689c651339f22-assam-131229795-16x9-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/689c651339f22-assam-131229795-16x9-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/689c651339f22-assam-131229795-16x9-1-750x422.jpg 750w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/689c651339f22-assam-131229795-16x9-1-1140x641.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-140908\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Violent Mob Attack in Assam\u2019s Hojai Injures 14 Police Officers, 7 Arrested<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Akhilesh Singh, the Inspector General of Police (Law &amp; Order), provided updates on the situation, stating, \u201cMany more people came to the area and vandalised police vehicles and attacked police personnel. Fourteen police personnel were injured in the incident, and three police vehicles were damaged.\u201d Singh confirmed that a First Information Report (FIR) has been filed, naming 10 individuals, of whom seven have already been apprehended. He added that he visited the site personally both last night and this morning, ensuring that the situation is now under control, with ongoing investigations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">To maintain peace in the area, additional police forces have been deployed while inquiries continue to identify and arrest the remaining suspects.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 14 police personnel, including an officer with the rank of Inspector, were injured following a mob attack on a police team in the Digholbali area of Assam\u2019s Hojai district on Tuesday, August 12. The violence erupted when locals detained a heavy vehicle and its driver. In response, the police dispatched a team to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":140908,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","jnews_video_option_group":[[]],"override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"bottom","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"2","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-715","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":"News Desk :"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[200],"tags":[49294,49293,49292],"class_list":["post-140907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-assam","tag-7-arrested","tag-injures-14-police-officers","tag-violent-mob-attack-in-assams-hojai"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=140907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/140908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=140907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=140907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=140907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}