In a classic cat and mouse game that played out late Friday night, Mohali police tracked a firing case suspect to a petrol pump in Sector 52, Chandigarh, where he allegedly tried to run over a policeman before being shot.
Singh is a co-owner of a mall in Mohali. The CIA team positioned one vehicle ahead of it and another behind. A policeman then approached the vehicle, identified himself and tapped on its window. Police then fired to prevent him from escaping. Despite being injured, Manish fled the spot. He was later referred to the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research where he was detained. He has not yet been interrogated. They will seek custody of the accused after his treatment.
The suspect, identified as Manish, 30, a resident of Maloya, was being followed by the crime investigation agency (CIA) of Mohali police. The team had traced the vehicle he was travelling in through closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage while following the route taken by motorcycle-borne shooters after the firing outside businessman Baljeet Singh’s house in Phase 10 around 11.30pm on Monday. Tried to run over a police personnel Police said the vehicle was traced to Mohali and followed until it stopped at a fuel station in Sector 52. He later admitted himself to a hospital in Phase 6, from where police were tipped-off. An FIR was registered at Sector 36 police station on the complaint of CIA staff under Sections 109 (attempt to murder) and 221 (obstructing a public servant in discharge of public functions) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). Police said that since the firing incident took place within the jurisdiction of Sector 36 police station, the case was registered there. Police are investigating whether the firing is linked to an earlier shooting at a hair salon in Sector 80.
The driver accelerated towards the policeman, allegedly attempting to run him over, before reversing the vehicle, according to police. An officer said one round hit the vehicle’s tyre, while another entered through the window and struck the driver’s hand.
