<p>Rangappa was injured during an operation which saw the police intercept and take custody of seven dacoits trying to hijack a lorry carrying goods worth Rs 70 lakh.<br /><br />Rangappa, after getting the initial treatment at Ambedkar hospital in the morning, went through a two-and-a-half hour “plate and screws” surgery at a private orthopaedic hospital here. <br /><br />Describing the incident to a Deccan Herald reporter Rangappa recollected, “...After knowing that there was no escape they started attacking us and even as I stood pointing revolver at one of them, he swung his chopper and injured constable Siraj Ahmed on his head.”<br /><br />The container, Rangappa said, was headed for a godown in Govindapura when the police intercepted it at around 4 am and by 4.20 am, then came the flashpoint.<br /><br />“The offenders, all under the influence of alcohol and even probably marijuana, were fearless, but we managed to recover the property and took them into custody,” he said.</p>
<p>Rangappa was injured during an operation which saw the police intercept and take custody of seven dacoits trying to hijack a lorry carrying goods worth Rs 70 lakh.<br /><br />Rangappa, after getting the initial treatment at Ambedkar hospital in the morning, went through a two-and-a-half hour “plate and screws” surgery at a private orthopaedic hospital here. <br /><br />Describing the incident to a Deccan Herald reporter Rangappa recollected, “...After knowing that there was no escape they started attacking us and even as I stood pointing revolver at one of them, he swung his chopper and injured constable Siraj Ahmed on his head.”<br /><br />The container, Rangappa said, was headed for a godown in Govindapura when the police intercepted it at around 4 am and by 4.20 am, then came the flashpoint.<br /><br />“The offenders, all under the influence of alcohol and even probably marijuana, were fearless, but we managed to recover the property and took them into custody,” he said.</p>
