Two persons were injured in a bid to nab a burglar who entered a house at Shakti Nagar under Govindpura police station area late Saturday night.
According to the police, at around 3 am victim Satish Aiyyer’s daughter Akhsita Aiyer after hearing noise raised an alarm which alerted her mother and Satish Aiyyer.
When Akshita raised alarm the miscreant ran towards the kitchen and took knife from the kitchen and when Satish tried to take the knife from him he attacked Satish and injured his hand. After injuring Satish miscreant escaped to the upper floor of the house where victim’s brother Ramesh Iyer lives with his family. Satish alerted Ramesh regarding the miscreant. Unable to escape from the house miscreant reached the balcony and was hiding when Ramesh spotted him and when he tried to nab him the miscreant attacked him with the knife in hand and stomach and escaped the spot.
The injured victims were rushed to Kasturba hospital that referred the victims to Narmada hospital where Satish was discharged while Ramesh who sustained multiple injuries is undergoing treatment and is reportedly stable.
Ramesh Iyer works for MPSEB department while Satish Iyer is Deputy Director in Census department.Complaint was lodged with the Govindpura police and during the investigation police have found a mask and knife from the house.The police have registered a case under section 459 of the IPC and have started further investigation.
Investigation Officer ASI Ramesh Singh told that the Ramesh Iyer sustained injuries in his hand and stomach.