evidence: There were several instances of attacks on police personnel and mining department officials on raid by sand mafias, liquor smugglers and even local goons, during which a few sub-inspectors, assistant sub-inspectors and constables lost their lives, while many were left injured. The attacks on the government officials were reported almost everyday from different parts of the state in 2023, the most recent being on December 25 when police sub-inspector (SI) Phulan Ram (45) of Beur police station was shot at during a raid at Phulwarisharif in the state capital. The three alleged attackers were later arrested from the spot. One of the biggest attacks on a police officer that rocked the state this month was on sub-inspector Khamas Choudhary, posted at Naokothi, who was knocked down by a vehicle allegedly carrying liquor during a raid in Begusarai district on December 19. He died while a home guard was injured in the incident.