Bhopal

2 miscreants nabbed for firing at police personnel

Staff Reporter

Jehangirabad police have nabbed two miscreants who tried to rob and opened fire at police personnel of crime branch near on Thandi Sadak locality under Jehangirabad police station area late in the night on Sunday; third miscreant is still at large and search for the absconding accused has been intensified.

Police said that the victim Pushpendra Singh Bhadoria posted with the crime branch was attacked with the aim to rob him but when he opposed the miscreants opened fire at him and escaped the spot.

SHO Jehangirabad Preetam Singh Thakur said that when the victim reached near Jharneswar temple he was stopped by the miscreants and one of the youths took a gun and asked for the valuables but when the victim resisted and opposed providing the valuables the accused holding the pistol fire in the air.   The two arrested miscreants were identified as Pradeep Pal and Yogesh alias Monu Manjhi while the third who pointed gun at the victim at the time of the robbery is still at large.

Police have registered a case under section 393 and 307 of the IPC and have started further investigation. Meanwhile, miscreants who attacked and opened fired at a 24-year-old youth at a pub in MP Nagar zone 2 on Sunday remained at large, search for the accused has been intensified.

SHO MP Nagar Suryakant Awasthi at the party venue three bouncers Abdul Rehman, Haseen and Aman were hired and at around 8 pm when Rehman tried to pacify the fight between two youths he was attacked by Farhan with a pistol butt on his head and later fired in the air and escaped the spot.The accused has been booked for serious crimes by different police stations in the past. Search for the absconding accused has been intensified.The victim in his complaint stated that the accused attacked him with a pistol butt and hit him in his head and later the accused fired in the air and escaped the spot. The police have registered a case under section 294, 307 and 54 of the IPC and have started search for the absconding accused.