A Delhi Police constable and a home guard were injured when some men attacked them in the Dwarka area on early hours of Monday. Police said that they have arrested two persons involved in the firing within two hours.
The accused have been identified as Mohammad Ali (32) and his brother Mohammad Sultan Ali (29), residents of village Dhankot in Haryana’s Farukhnagar area.
According to Anto Alphonse, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Dwarka district, Constable Rajiv and Home Guard Ajay Kumar, posted at Dwarka Sector 23 police station, were patrolling the area around 3 AM when they found three-four suspicious men inside a scrap shop.
“When the duo tried to enquire about them, the men opened fire at Rajiv and he was hit in the face, police said. The assailants also attacked Kumar on his head with some blunt object. Constable Rajiv fired back at the men but the criminals managed to escape. The injured personnel have been admitted to Venkateshwar Hospital,” said the DCP.
“Meanwhile, police teams initiated manhunt to nab the culprits. Subsequently, after receiving specific inputs, police teams at around 12 PM intercepted a bike occupied by two suspects at Golf Link Road, Sector 23, while they were coming from Chhawla side,” said the DCP.
“The suspects riding on the bike when challenged by the police party, they opened fire twice. One of the bullet fired by the rider of the bike hit at Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Mahesh at his chest but he was saved as he was wearing bullet proof jacket. The other police officials opened fire at the assailants, which resulted in bullet injuries sustained at the lower part of their body. They were immediately overpowered and shifted to RTR Hospital, near Jaffarpur Kalan,” said the DCP.
“Both the criminals apprehended during encounter have reportedly been found involved in eight heinous cases. Other than Monday firing incident at the police personnel, it has also been also reported that the duo had opened fire at police party earlier on two occasions in 2014 in the area of Dwarka, in which Head Constable Sona Ram and Home Guard Ramesh sustained bullet injuries,” said the DCP.