Jammu, April 10 -- A Station House Officer (SHO) and his three subordinates were injured in a violent attack by drug peddlers in the Bari Brahmana area of Samba district late Wednesday evening, officials said.

Police said that SHO Bari Brahmana police station, Inspector Pushpinder Singh and his team of officers had received input on the presence of drug peddlers in the Balol Khad area of Bari Brahmana.

During their visit to the area, they were attacked by the drug peddlers, which led to injury to Singh and Sub-Inspector (SI) Abrar Ul Haq Mirza, a police official said, adding that a Head Constable and a Selection Grade Constable also received injuries during the incident.

The injured were rushed to the Government Medical College, Jammu,...