Indore, Two accused, including a truck driver who allegedly ran over an SHO in Madhya Pradesh’s Dewas, were seriously injured in separate encounters on Tuesday night, an official said.
During the incident, the rear wheel of the vehicle ran over the station in-charge, killing him. Puri stopped a truck carrying over 1,800 litres of liquor and attempted to question the driver, but the driver, in an attempt to escape the police, drove the truck onto a road divider.
SHO Dilip Puri, along with a police team, arrived on the Indore-Betul highway early Monday morning after receiving information about a consignment of illicit liquor being smuggled into Gujarat, according to an official account. Superintendent of Police Aditya Mishra told PTI that truck driver Gajendra alias Akku Rawat , who had been absconding since the murder, was detained in Alirajpur district. He said that while being brought to Dewas, the accused attempted to escape from police custody by snatching a policeman’s revolver in the Barotha police station area of the district. “While trying to escape, he opened fire on the policemen with the revolver,” the Superintendent of Police said. After his arrest, Dheeraj also attempted to escape from police custody in the Bank Note Press police station area of Dewas, snatched a policeman’s gun, and opened fire on the police team, according to the CSP. He said the accused was warned to stop firing, but when he ignored the warning, the police retaliated in self-defence, shooting him in one leg.
