<p>The Upparpet police shot at a suspect involved in an abduction case, injuring him. The suspect Mansoor Khan was later arrested.</p>.<p>The police said Khan had masterminded the abduction of Rakesh Sharma, a native of Nepal, on April 24.</p>.<p>Khan led a gang and indulged in robberies, abductions and other crimes. There are over seven cases against him in various stations in the city, they said.</p>.<p>On receiving a tip-off that the suspect was hiding in a building near the Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna railway station, inspector Rajendra and constable Jayachandra went to nab him. Khan spotted the policemen and attacked them with lethal weapons. In self-defence, Rajendra fired at Khan’s leg, injuring him.</p>.<p>“Khan and his associate Abdul Mazeed, arrested on various charges, had recently obtained bail and had come out of prison. But they continued their criminal activities,” Ravi D Channannavar, DCP (West), said.</p>.<p>The police said Sharma, after spending two months at the Parappana Agrahara central prison in a human trafficking case, was released on bail on April 20. Khan and Mazeed had met Sharma at the prison. They plotted Sharma’s abduction after his release.</p>.<p>Khan invited Sharma and his friend Gopal Singh on April 24 for dinner. They abducted the duo when they reached a particular area. They called up Sharma’s brother in Nepal and demanded Rs 5 lakh as ransom for Sharma’s release. </p>.<p>Singh escaped from Khan’s clutches and approached the police.</p>.<p>Based on Singh’s inputs, the police rescued Sharma from an isolated place near Jalahalli.</p>
<p>The Upparpet police shot at a suspect involved in an abduction case, injuring him. The suspect Mansoor Khan was later arrested.</p>.<p>The police said Khan had masterminded the abduction of Rakesh Sharma, a native of Nepal, on April 24.</p>.<p>Khan led a gang and indulged in robberies, abductions and other crimes. There are over seven cases against him in various stations in the city, they said.</p>.<p>On receiving a tip-off that the suspect was hiding in a building near the Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna railway station, inspector Rajendra and constable Jayachandra went to nab him. Khan spotted the policemen and attacked them with lethal weapons. In self-defence, Rajendra fired at Khan’s leg, injuring him.</p>.<p>“Khan and his associate Abdul Mazeed, arrested on various charges, had recently obtained bail and had come out of prison. But they continued their criminal activities,” Ravi D Channannavar, DCP (West), said.</p>.<p>The police said Sharma, after spending two months at the Parappana Agrahara central prison in a human trafficking case, was released on bail on April 20. Khan and Mazeed had met Sharma at the prison. They plotted Sharma’s abduction after his release.</p>.<p>Khan invited Sharma and his friend Gopal Singh on April 24 for dinner. They abducted the duo when they reached a particular area. They called up Sharma’s brother in Nepal and demanded Rs 5 lakh as ransom for Sharma’s release. </p>.<p>Singh escaped from Khan’s clutches and approached the police.</p>.<p>Based on Singh’s inputs, the police rescued Sharma from an isolated place near Jalahalli.</p>
