An Indian policeman's hand was chopped off with a sword and six other officers were severely injured when they were attacked while enforcing coronavirus lockdown measures in northern Punjab state on Sunday morning
Barricades are seen in Chandigarh, India, during a nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus on April 12. Keshav Singh/Hindustan Times/Getty Images
The severed left hand of Harjit Singh, an assistant sub inspector for Punjab Police, was later reattached to his wrist following nearly eight hours of surgery. When police asked the men for valid travel passes, one of them took out a sword and cut off Singh's hand.
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