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A police officer in Madhya Pradesh's Dewas district was killed after a truck carrying illicit liquor ran him over while he was trying to intercept it, officials said on Monday. The deceased was identified as Dilip Puri, the Station House Officer of Khategaon police station. The incident occurred late on Sunday night on the Indore-Betul highway. Puri had reached the highway with a police team after receiving information about a vehicle transporting illicit liquor. During the operation, the vehicle allegedly ran over Puri, leaving him critically injured. He later succumbed to his injuries, officials said. The driver of the vehicle has been arrested, and the liquor-laden vehicle has been seized. Police are investigating the circumstances in which the vehicle struck the Inspector and whether the driver deliberately ran him over while attempting to escape.
The incident has brought renewed attention to the illegal liquor trade in Dewas district, which has been at the centre of controversy following a series of suspected spurious liquor deaths.
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