Patna, Aug 17: A Sub-Inspector, who was killed by alleged cattle smugglers in Bihar‘s Samastipur district on Tuesday, was cremated in his native village in Araria district on Wednesday.

Slain policeman Nand Kishore Yadav was a native of Araria’s Dighli village. The last rites were performed by his elder son Harsh Yadav.  A large number of people assembled at the cremation ground during the funeral.  The state police gave a guard of honour to the deceased sub-inspector.  He was the in-charge of the Mohanpur outpost in Samastipur district.  Mourning his father’s death, Harsh Yadav demanded capital punishment for the culprits. 

Nand Kishore Yadav sustained a gunshot injury on his forehead on Tuesday morning around 3 a.m. after around 10 alleged cattle smugglers opened fire on a police team.  He had received a tip-off that some cattle smugglers were transporting buffaloes in a vehicle on Tuesday morning. He immediately constituted a team and chased them.