Three miscreants, who were involved in attacking a police constable with sharp-edged weapon near Extol College on March 4, were nabbed by crime branch, Bhopal police on Sunday. Police have declared a reward of Rs2,000 on the three absconding accused.
Acting on a tip-off, crime branch team detained three youths from Hakeem hotel near Board Office square on Sunday evening. The police were tipped that accused involved in the attack on a constable with sharp-edged weapon are at Hakeem hotel and have a black colour Maestro scooter. When the accused and his accomplices reached the scooter, they were nabbed.
The nabbed accused were identified as Rahul Bundela (24), Bunty alias Ajay Chouhan (20) and Rajkumar alias Golu (24). Bundela is a resident of Harshwardhan Nagar, Bunty is a resident of Barkhedi and Rajkumar is a resident of Aishbagh.
During the investigation, it was found that the main accused Rahul Bundela is a habitual offender and has been booked earlier for theft and burglary. Notably on March 5 this year, Shailendra Singh Chandel (28), who is posted with 23rd Battalion of SAF, was attacked by three armed miscreants after he tried to pacify a fight between three youths fighting near Extol College, but instead of listening to the Chandel, they attacked him. Two of them held Chandel’s hand while the third one stabbed him several times. When victim’s friend Azeem rushed to his rescue, one of the miscreants proclaiming that Rahul is dead, fled the spot.