3 policemen injured while arresting robbery accused

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Three policemen were injured after police team of Bajaria and Kotwali police reached to nab burglary and robbery accused at Sikandari Saray late in the night on Saturday.

Policemen were stone pelted when police team reached with the nabbed accused who revealed the crime was committed with Firoz and Shoaib alias Puncture.

Police have registered a case of obstructing government servant from discharging his duty against eight people and 12 others including two women.

After the team reached the spot and asked for Firoz they were stone pelted by the people who were on the terrace giving no time for the policemen to escape and two ASI and one police constable were injured in the attack.

Soon after the attack senior police officials were informed and on the receipt of the information policemen of three police stations were reached the spot but failed to nab any of the accused as they find only locked houses.

The team reached the spot at around 1 o’clock in the night while after the attack it was after around one hour the other team reached to help. 

Police said that the two are habitual criminal of the area and have attacked the police in the past.

They have been booked for several crimes in different police stations.

The women attacked the policemen suspecting that raid has been conducted on gamblers in the area and fearing that the gamblers would be nabbed they started pelting stone.

Till the filing of the report the accused remained absconding.  Search has been intensified said police.

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