On Tuesday night, the CCB team got a tipoff that the accused were moving around in an Omni van in Chikkajala police limits.
Bengaluru: In a car chase straight out of movies, Central Crime Branch (CCB) officials pursued three armed members of rowdy Nadeem's gang for about 10 minutes, shot at two of them and arrested the trio. They are the same criminals who had attacked and injured Sub-Inspector Nayaz Ahmed in DJ Halli on August 25.
The police team was forced to shoot at Bacha Mazhar and Kabutar Imran when they attacked the police officials in Chikkajala police limits on Tuesday night. Another accused Wasim too was arrested.
Police inspector Anil, who was injured in the attack.
Police Inspector Anil, Sub-Inspector Murthy and Constable Lakshman were injured in the attack and are being treated at Yelahanka General Hospital, where Mazhar and Imran too are undergoing treatment.
On Tuesday night, the CCB team got a tipoff that the accused were moving around in an Omni van in Chikkajala police limits. When the police team started following them, the accused accelerated in a bid to escape but hit an open manhole, where their van got stuck. When one of the accused Wasim, who tried to run away from the spot, was caught by the police, Mazhar and Imran took out a machete and dagger from the car and attacked the police officials, who shot them in the leg.
The police had already arrested gang leader Nadeem in the early hours of Tuesday from the premises of a Kannada news channels where he had gone to seek refuge.
