<p class="title">For the third time in a week, police shot at a history-sheeter who was fleeing after robbing a man in North Bengaluru in the early hours of Monday. He was injured in the leg. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Ashwath (22) waylaid one Anniyappa at Mariyappa Palya in Rajagopala Nagar, stealing his scooter, mobile phone and ₹300 in cash. Anniyappa complained to the jurisdictional RMC Yard police. The cops set up bandobast in the area. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Around 2.30 am, a police team spotted Ashwath on ESI Hospital Main Road. When Akash, a constable, tried to catch him, Ashwath purportedly attacked him with a lethal weapon. Mohammad Mukarram, the police inspector, intervened and shot Ashwath in the leg. </p>.<p class="bodytext">The suspect was later admitted to Victoria Hospital while Akash is being treated at KC General Hospital.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Ashwath didn't surrender despite a warning by the inspector and attacked the constable. The inspector was forced to shoot him in the leg," said Chethan Singh Rathor, Deputy Commissioner of Police (North).</p>.<p class="bodytext">Ashwath is accused of four robberies or thefts and was released on bail just a month ago.</p>
<p class="title">For the third time in a week, police shot at a history-sheeter who was fleeing after robbing a man in North Bengaluru in the early hours of Monday. He was injured in the leg. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Ashwath (22) waylaid one Anniyappa at Mariyappa Palya in Rajagopala Nagar, stealing his scooter, mobile phone and ₹300 in cash. Anniyappa complained to the jurisdictional RMC Yard police. The cops set up bandobast in the area. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Around 2.30 am, a police team spotted Ashwath on ESI Hospital Main Road. When Akash, a constable, tried to catch him, Ashwath purportedly attacked him with a lethal weapon. Mohammad Mukarram, the police inspector, intervened and shot Ashwath in the leg. </p>.<p class="bodytext">The suspect was later admitted to Victoria Hospital while Akash is being treated at KC General Hospital.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Ashwath didn't surrender despite a warning by the inspector and attacked the constable. The inspector was forced to shoot him in the leg," said Chethan Singh Rathor, Deputy Commissioner of Police (North).</p>.<p class="bodytext">Ashwath is accused of four robberies or thefts and was released on bail just a month ago.</p>
