India, Dec. 7 -- A police team from Delhi was attacked by villagers at Nangla Jamalgarh in Nuh's Punhana while trying to arrest a suspected member of an interstate vehicle lifting gang, Nuh police officers said on Saturday.

The incident took place between 10am and 11am on Friday whenat least six to eight Delhi police personnel from Paharganj police stationreached the village in two vehicles and detained a suspect named Mohammad Tausif, for his alleged involvement in stealing a pickup van from Paharganj, Delhi.

According to Nuh police, Delhi police were taking Tausif inside their vehicle whena dozen women surrounded them and started protesting. The situation escalated as those women said that Tausif was not involved in any crime and dema...