Representative image of a crime scene. The police have deployed five specialised teams to nab the suspects.
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Ahmedabad: A police team who had taken a murder suspect for crime scene reconstruction in Gandhinagar allegedly shot him dead after he snatched a revolver and opened fire, injuring at least one policeman.
The suspect was killed in the retaliatory firing, according to police sources.
On Tuesday, Ahmedabad Detection of Crime Branch had arrested the suspect Vipul alias Vimal alias Neel Parmar from Kagdadi village in Rajkot. He was accused in the brutal killing of 25-year-old Vaibhav Manvani and brutal attack on his woman friend on September 20 night.
Manvavi suffered 12 stab wounds in his head, neck and torso while the woman was stabbed four times in her neck and stomach. Her condition is said to be stable. The two were celebrating Manvani's birthday at Narmada canal when the accused attacked them with an intention to rob them.
Manvani died on the spot and the woman managed to run off and took help of a passerby to inform her father.
"A police team from Adalaj police station, under whose jurisdiction the crime was registered, had taken the accused to the crime spot for reconstruction of the crime. During this, the suspect snatched the revolver and opened fire in a bid to escape. In defense, the police team also opened fire in which the suspect was shot," a senior police officer who rushed to the spot told DH.
Addressing media people following the incident, Deputy Inspector General of Police, Gandhinagar range, Virendra Singh Yadav said that the team of Local Crime Branch (LCB) had taken the suspect to the crime scene at around 4:45. along with panch witnesses.
“During the reconstruction, the suspect, Parmar, snatched the firearm of Police Sub-Inspector Patadiya and opened fire while attempting to escape. One bullet struck Rajendrasinh of the LCB. The police returned fire in self-defence, during which the accused was killed,” Yadav said.
Citing preliminary details, he added, “Parmar was shot from behind, with bullets hitting his back and thigh, while policeman Rajendrasinh sustained an injury to his left hand. He has been admitted to hospital where he is being operated on.”
He further said the suspect, though handcuffed, fired at police vehicles while trying to flee, damaging the windshield of one and the door of another.
Yadav said the exact number of bullets fired would be confirmed after forensic examination. Meanwhile, family members of the victim expressed satisfaction and said that "justice has been done."