Two unknown occupants of a car, one of whom allegedly opened fire at two policemen at Sector 38 in Chandigarh on Thursday late evening, before escaping from the spot. None was reported injured in the incident.
The police have registered an FIR and initiated search for the accused persons.
According to sources, the incident took place in the evening at around 7 pm when a police constable of Sector 39 police station, Pradeep Kumar, was deployed at Sector 38 residential area on his duty. On suspicion, the constable signalled a white coloured car to stop, to which the car occupants did not obey. The miscreants then after reaching the policeman stopped the car a few meters away, and one of them stepped out of the car.
Seeing them, Pradeep chased the car and managed to get hold of one of the miscreants, while the car driver drove the car a few meters away and then returned back. The car driver with an intention to save his accomplice from the clutches of the constable, initially fired a gunshot in the air and then pointed his gun at the constable.
While Pradeep fortunately escaped the gunshot aimed towards him, in the meantime, Deep Chand, a constable of the District Crime Cell, (DCC), who was also patrolling the area, arrived at the scene and caught the suspect who was in the car. However, the driver who was armed with a weapon, opened fire at both the policemen, firing four rounds as he escaped with his accomplice.
According to police sources, the miscreants who were ferrying a Ludhiana registration car reportedly owned by a woman, escaped towards Mohali.
The police meanwhile have initiated a search of the car and a team have left for Ludhiana as well. The forensic team had also reached the spot and were collecting evidence.
CCTV footage from the local area and in Mohali was being scrutinised to ascertain the escape route of the accused till the filing of the report.
The police are also not ruling out if the miscreants were conducting a recce of the police station 39 area.
Following the incident, senior police officials including the team of Operation Cell of the Chandigarh Police also reached at the spot.
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