Inspector fires in air as ganja peddlers attack cops

An inspector fired five rounds in the air when a group of seven suspected ganja peddlers attacked a police party in Venkatappa Layout near Ullal on the western outskirts of Bengaluru on Sunday morning.

Byadarahalli police inspector Satyanarayana and four constables raided a godown in Venkatappa Layout around 5.30 am following a tip-off that ganja was stocked there. A group of seven suspected drug peddlers was hiding in a car. The suspects attacked the policemen with knives. Waseem, one of the drug peddlers, stabbed the constable, Sabreddy, in the right hand.  

Satyanarayana then took out his service pistol and fired in the air, asking the suspects to surrender. But the suspects remained undaunted and tried to attack the inspector. Satyanarayana fired four more times in the air. Police caught five suspects. Police seized 500 grams of ganja from the godown.

Two of the arrested suspects were identified as Karthik and Waseem. The three others are still being identified, said Ramesh B, Superintendent of Police, Ramanagaram. A case under IPC 353 (assault or criminal force to deter a public servant from discharge of his duty) has been registered.