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A time aft a mobile telephone snatcher attacked constabulary officers astatine Victoria Ground successful Chaderghat, Director General of Police B. Shivadhar Reddy and Hyderabad Police Commissioner V.C. Sajjanar, connected Sunday, visited DCP (South-East) S. Chaitanya Kumar and his gunman BSN Murthy astatine Yashoda Hospital, wherever they are undergoing treatment. Both officers sustained injuries during the incidental and are reported to beryllium successful unchangeable condition.
According to the DGP, astir 5 p.m. connected Saturday, Mr. Chaitanya Kumar and his squad were passing done Chaderghat erstwhile they noticed a antheral behaving suspiciously adjacent Victoria Ground. The suspect, identified arsenic 38-year-old Mohd. Omar Ansari, a nonmigratory of Kamatipura and a known rowdy sheeter with 22 erstwhile cases, was allegedly progressive successful respective mobile snatching and spot offences. When the officers attempted to intercept him, Ansari attacked a constable with a knife.
In response, Mr. Chaitanya Kumar utilized his gunman’s 9mm pistol and fired 2 rounds to halt the assault. Ansari sustained slug injuries successful his manus and stomach. During the scuffle, the DCP suffered a cervix wounded and his gunman’s limb was injured. Their driver, Sandeep, acted rapidly and helped forestall further harm. Ansari was taken to a backstage infirmary wherever helium underwent country and is present stable.
Telangana DGP B. Shivadhar Reddy and Hyderabad Commissioner of Police V. C. Sajjanar and different elder officers connected Sunday with DCP (South-East) S. Chaitanya Kumar’s gunman BSN Murthy astatine Yashoda Hospital. | Photo Credit: By Arrangement
The DGP Reddy said that the officers chased the accused for astir 750 metres earlier helium turned connected them with knives. “Both DCP Chaitanya Kumar and his gunman showed large courageousness and beingness of mind. They are recovering good and apt to beryllium discharged tomorrow,” helium said, adding that 2 of Ansari’s associates fled the spot and are being traced.
Commissioner Sajjanar stated that 5 peculiar teams person been deployed to hint the absconding accused, including an car operator who allegedly assisted Ansari. “We person obtained respective clues and are verifying his caller movements and associates. Visible policing has been accrued crossed the metropolis to deter akin offenders. Citizens request not worry, arsenic the Hyderabad Police volition proceed to enactment firmly against rowdy sheeters and habitual offenders,” helium said.
Police said the Preventive Detention Act had been invoked against Ansari doubly successful the past. Preliminary probe suggests helium whitethorn person been readying different offence astatine the clip of the incident. The Sultan Bazar constabulary person deployed peculiar teams to find his absconding associate, portion the clues squad has been examining the spot to reconstruct the series of events.
Senior officers including DCP (West) Chintamaneni Srinivas, DCP (South) Sneha Mehra, and different officials were besides contiguous astatine the infirmary during the visit.
