Two Delhi Police constables had a narrow escape when three motorcycle-borne assailants opened fire on them in Central Delhi’s busy Connaught Place on Saturday.
In total, four rounds were fired from both the sides, but nobody was hurt, police said. The incident took place at 9.05 pm at Super Bazar, Mayur Bhavan, in the Connaught Place area.Constables Pratik and Sandeep, posted with Barakhambha Road police station, were on beat duty when the incident took place.“They had information about some anti-social elements in the area and were on duty to check it,” said Joint Commissioner of Police (New Delhi Range) Mukesh Kumar Meena.
The policemen then noticed three men on a motorcycle near Super Bazaar and signaled them to stop on their suspicious activity. The accused, however, tried to flee. “The trio opened fire on the constables when the latter tried to stop them. luckily, the shots were missed,” Meena added.One of the constables also fired a shot in retaliation, but the shot did not hit any of the assailants either.
“The attackers intended to continue shooting, but ran out of cartridges,” a source added.The three men then left the motorcycle at the spot and ran in different direction during which one of them was overpowered by locals. One attacker who was caught was even roughed up by locals, taken into custody and is being interrogated while while the remaining two managed to flee.
“We are interrogating the accused and efforts are on to nab the remaining two,” the official said.“The man was arrested and taken to Dr Ram Manohar lohia Hospital for treatment. He is yet to be identified,” Meena said. A case under attempt to murder and Arms Act will be filed with Barakhambha Road police station.