Ratibad police have booked two miscreants for opening fire after entering inspector’s house and injuring a woman at Pooja Colony in the morning on Wednesday.
Police said that two masked men enterded into the house of a terminated inspector’s house opened fire on his mother with a country-made pistol injuring her leg. The armed accused also tried to kill the cop by forcing him to swallow poison at gun-point in the incident.
SHO Ratibad police Aditi Bhawsar, said that the 42-year-old Amitabh Singh is a 2000 batch sub-inspector and was terminated after his wife raise allegations of rape and later in the year 2014 he was terminated from services.
Amitabh separated from his wife and lives with his mother Shalini Singh in Pooja colony where the incident took place at around 07:30 am on Wednesday. He has issues with his wife and there were allegations of rape leveled against him by her as well. The incident occurred when Amitabh was in his house when two masked men arrived and after pointing a gun at him forced something in his mouth. However, he realized that he was poisoned and then spit the poison and started shouting which alerted his mother who came to see him and after spotting miscreants tried to run away from the area but was shot in her leg. The two were later admitted to Bansal hospital where their condition is reported stable and out of danger.
Additional Superintendent of Police (Zone-1) Akhil Patel said the victim is separated from his wife and that he has leveled allegations on his wife has assigned contractors to harm him. DIG Bhopal Irshad Wali said investigation in the matter is underway and anyone is found involved directly or indirectly he or she would be questioned.