JOIN USPolice foil bid to rob jewellery shop; gang hurts constable, home guard
A police constable and a home guard were injured while trying to apprehend an armed gang that attempted to break into a jewellery shop in Ramanagaram in the early hours of Thursday. The gang fired several rounds in the air to deter the police from approaching them, the police said.
Seven policemen along with home guards were on night rounds in different areas of the town. Constable Gowrish and home guard Narasimha who were doing the rounds on MG Road heard some sound from near SB Jewellers around 1 am. Gowrish went near the shop and found eight men trying to break its rear wall.
The burglars noticed the constable approaching them and attacked him with a log. Gowrish alerted Narasimha, who was near the patrol vehicle. An alert was sent to the Ramanagaram police control room. When Gowrish tried to nab them, they opened two rounds of fire in the air and fled the spot. Other police personnel reached the spot immediately and chases the thieves who again fired in the air, the police said.
The police chased them till Tippu Nagar when they again opened two rounds of fire in the air. The police arrested one of the gang members, Raju of Rajasthan, while the other seven managed to escape. Narasimha was injured when one of the burglars attacked him with a dagger. Gowrish and Narasimha are out of danger, said Shuba Ambika, police sub-inspector, Ramanagaram Town police station.
Suspects from Rajasthan
Raju told the police that all the gang members are from Rajasthan and they had come to Ramanagaram to loot jewellery shops. He is being questioned to gather more details about his associates. The gang had conducted a recee before executing its plan. The CCTV footages are being scrutinised, said the police.