By India Today News Desk: Seven Rajasthan Police personnel were injured after criminals attacked them and opened fire during a raid in Rajasthan’s Udaipur on Thursday. The police team had gone to raid the Mandwa area to catch a historian from the Rania gang.

IG Ajay Pal Lamba, from the Udaipur Range, said the police team was attacked with knives and stones and the accused also tried to snatch an SLR rifle and a pistol. The Rajasthan police clarified that the officer’s injuries were not due to the gunshot.

The injured police personnel were taken to MB Hospital in Udaipur, where one officer, Manoj, is in critical condition.

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IG Lamba arrived at the Udaipur hospital along with SP Vikas Sharma and said that the police had gone to Mandwa where a robbery case was reported. The police had received information that the defendants had taken refuge in the houses built on the mountain slopes of the area.

However, the relatives of the defendants surrounded the policemen from all sides and tried to seize their weapons, including a rifle and a pistol. The defendant managed to escape from the police while the villagers attacked the police.

They attacked the police team with knives and batons, and the accused opened fire on the authorities, wounding seven officers. The injured policemen are receiving treatment at the hospital and their condition is being closely monitored.

The authorities have called for calm and urged the villagers to cooperate with the police to maintain peace in the area.

(Contributed by Satish Sharma in Udaipur)

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