Bengaluru: Two notorious dacoits, hailing from Bangladesh origin and having cases booked against them in Delhi, Goa, UP and other states were shot at and arrested by the Bengaluru police on Wednesday morning.
The two dacoits, identified as Muneer (38) and Milan (27), who were evading police arrest, had taken shelter in K.R. Puram police station limits.
On December 1, the Whitefield division police got a tip-off from Delhi police of two dacoits having taken shelter in their division. Based on this information, Whitefield DCP Abdul Ahad formed two teams under K.R. Puram police inspector Jayaraj H. and sub-inspector Srinivas Doddaswamy.
The K.R. Puram police received credible information that the dacoits would come near Whitefield railway station at around 5:30 am on Wednesday.
The two teams took position on Immadihalli-Ajagondahalli road and waited for the Muneer and Milan.
After the police spotted the two dacoits, they rushed to arrest them. The dacoits launched an attack on police constables Manjunath and Chandrappa.
As the situation went out of control, Inspector Jayaraj opened fire and shot at Munner's leg while Sub-Inspector Doddaswamy shot at Milan's leg to immobilize him.
The two dacoits and the injured cops were rushed to a hospital where they are undergoing a treatment.
Preliminary investigation revealed that Muneer was jailed for seven years for his involvement in a dacoity in 2002 in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. He and Milan were involved in a dacoity Madgaon and Ponda in Goa, police said.
