History-sheeter shot at in Anekal taluk

BENGALURU: A history-sheeter was shot in the leg by the Attibele police after he attacked a policeman when a team had gone to nab him, at Madiwala near Bandapura on Thursday morning. This is the second such incident in the police limits in the last 10 days.

The injured criminal and the police constable.

Last month, history-sheeters Sunil a.k.a. Haveri had attacked Manoj’s gang near Jigani and a case had been registered at the Jigani police station. The police had set up teams to nab the accused.

The weapon used by the accused.

On Thursday, Sunil was heading to Anekal when he was intercepted by a police team and asked him to surrender. However, Sunil attacked police constable Vinay in the arm following which Attibele police inspector Raghavendra Gowda opened fire in self defence, injuring Sunil in the leg.

Sunil faces seven cases including murder, attempt to murder and rioting. Additional SP Nagesh who visited the spot, said there was an arrest warrant against Sunil. “He faces several cases including one murder case and two cases of murder attempt. When the police team tried to arrest him, he attacked a constable and didn’t heed warnings. He was shot in the right leg and arrested”.