<p>Two suspected robbers were shot in the leg when they attacked policemen while being taken to a place where they had hidden their weapons and the booty. </p>.<p>Venkatagowda, the Soladevanalli police inspector, said that he shot at Devaraj, 25, and Chandrashekar, 23, in self-defence after the suspects attacked his men in a forest near Acharya Institutes in northern Bengaluru on Wednesday. </p>.<p>Devaraj and Chandrashekar, along with their third accomplice Manjegowda, 26, were actually manual labourers but had taken to robbery to make a fast buck. They mainly targeted college students and elderly citizens going for evening walks in northern Bengaluru, according to police. </p>.<p>N Shashi Kumar, DCP (North), said the suspects were involved in at least eight cases of robbery and extortion since 2014. On March 8, they barged into the shed of a labourer from Bihar, stabbed him and took away cash and mobile phone. The next day, the gang robbed a couple at knifepoint. The rising armed robberies prompted the police to form a special team to catch them, Kumar added. </p>.<p>The police team managed to arrest Devaraj and Chandrashekar near a bar in Tharabanahalli on the basis of their physical description provided by the victims. The suspects confessed to the crimes and told the police that they had hidden the weapons — two daggers and a knife — in the forest near Acharya Institutes. </p>.<p>On Wednesday morning, police took them out for recovering the weapons as well as the booty. But the duo attacked sub-inspector Vasanth Kumar and head constable Shivaji Rao in a bid to escape. Venkatagowda, the inspector, fired a warning shot but the suspects didn't surrender. The inspector then shot both of them in the leg, immobilising them. </p>.<p>The duo, along with the injured policemen, was taken to different hospitals for treatment. The Soladevanahalli police have opened a fresh case against them.</p>
<p>Two suspected robbers were shot in the leg when they attacked policemen while being taken to a place where they had hidden their weapons and the booty. </p>.<p>Venkatagowda, the Soladevanalli police inspector, said that he shot at Devaraj, 25, and Chandrashekar, 23, in self-defence after the suspects attacked his men in a forest near Acharya Institutes in northern Bengaluru on Wednesday. </p>.<p>Devaraj and Chandrashekar, along with their third accomplice Manjegowda, 26, were actually manual labourers but had taken to robbery to make a fast buck. They mainly targeted college students and elderly citizens going for evening walks in northern Bengaluru, according to police. </p>.<p>N Shashi Kumar, DCP (North), said the suspects were involved in at least eight cases of robbery and extortion since 2014. On March 8, they barged into the shed of a labourer from Bihar, stabbed him and took away cash and mobile phone. The next day, the gang robbed a couple at knifepoint. The rising armed robberies prompted the police to form a special team to catch them, Kumar added. </p>.<p>The police team managed to arrest Devaraj and Chandrashekar near a bar in Tharabanahalli on the basis of their physical description provided by the victims. The suspects confessed to the crimes and told the police that they had hidden the weapons — two daggers and a knife — in the forest near Acharya Institutes. </p>.<p>On Wednesday morning, police took them out for recovering the weapons as well as the booty. But the duo attacked sub-inspector Vasanth Kumar and head constable Shivaji Rao in a bid to escape. Venkatagowda, the inspector, fired a warning shot but the suspects didn't surrender. The inspector then shot both of them in the leg, immobilising them. </p>.<p>The duo, along with the injured policemen, was taken to different hospitals for treatment. The Soladevanahalli police have opened a fresh case against them.</p>
