Four unidentified cattle smugglers allegedly entered into the highly protected National Security Guard’s (NSG) base camp at Manesar on Monday night and opened fire when challenged by the security personnel posted at NSG campus.
They had broken two police check points at Tauru and Kherki Daula before entering into the NGS camp, which led to an alert, The NSG commandos, who had been told in advance about the movement of such criminals first challenged them and later fired three shots, who also fired one round in retaliation.
According to the police, on Monday night around 8 pm, the unidentified four cattle smugglers were driving their Tata 407 rashly on Tauru-Norangpur road under the Kherki Daula police station.
When they reached police check post they hit police barricades and flee. The police tried to stop them but didn’t stop their vehicle. When police retaliated all four managed to flee from the spot.
After this Kherki Daula and neighbouring district Mewat police starting to chase them but they didn’t stop their vehicle. When they reached Manesar they escape their vehicle in the nearby field around 9 pm and jumped into the NSG camp.
The cow smugglers realising that they had entered into a prohibited zone, fired a round, and thereafter escaped in the dark jungle. The incident happened around 9 pm.
Police have not ruled the possibility that the accused belong to be from Mewat. later police have been impounded and one cow in the Tata 407.
The accused have been apprehended by the police and further investigation is going on, said the sources. Police have registered two cases one at Kherki Daula police station and another at Manesar police station for wrongful entry into NSG campus and firing at guards.
“We have filed two separate FIR in the case one in Kherki Daula police station and second in Manesar police station under various sections of the IPC including Haryana Gauvansh Sanrakshan and Gausamvardan (HGSG) act,” said DCP (south) Ashok Bakshi. “Further investigation is underway and will arrest the accused soon,” he added.