Police officer was attacked with a sharp edged weapon by robbers when officer went to arrest in Garoth area of Mandsaur district, injured officer referred to Indore.
On Saturday night, the robbers attacked the police who went to nab the accused of robbery in Gangasa village of Garoth. The miscreants stabbed the Kotwali TI in his stomach. He was immediately taken to the hospital, where after the operation he was referred to Indore.
On getting information about the incident, IG, DIG also reached Mandsaur, he along with SP Anurag Sujania and Additional SP reached the hospital and inquired about the condition. At present TI is out of danger. The links of the attackers are said to be related to the Maiwati gang of Udaipur, Rajasthan.
According to the information received, on June 27, there was a robbery at a Malwa Iron Traders in Daloda. Here 2 miscreants robbed Rs 2.51 lakh at the tip of the knife. After 5 days of investigation, the police got information about the accused. After which Garoth and Kotwali TI raided the Gangasa village of Garoth with the police force. The team was searching for the accused in the village suddenly a robber came in front of him.
Kotwali TI Amit Soni caught him. After which he started screaming. Then some people who came from behind attacked TI. During this, one of the accused also attacked him with a knife. The injured was admitted to a private hospital at 4 am by the team after being stabbed in the stomach. After the operation here, he was referred to Indore on Sunday morning.
After the robbery incident in Daloda, the police had searched the CCTV cameras installed nearby. In which information was received about the connection of the history-sheeter Chhota Mewati gang of Udaipur. Due to this, the police detained some people of Barkheda Gangasa and Sanjeet.
According to IG Santosh Kumar, TI Amit Soni had caught the accused Sarfaraz alias Chhota Mewati. Meanwhile, his accomplices fled after attacking TI with knives. He told that till now 7 to 8 people have been rounded up. The case is being investigated