BENGALURU: Banaswadi police opened fire on a robbery suspect who attacked a subinspector on Sunday when a police party took him near a water tank in HRBR Layout to recover a dagger used in committing crime.
The injured suspect is Arbaz Khan alias Kancha, 22, of Pillanna Garden. Khan and his associate Santosh had threatened the public by wielding a dagger and later robbed bakery owner Sharath on Kacharakanahalli Main Road on October
22. Sharath paid the duo Rs 4,500 from his bakery’s cash box. Bansawadi police identified the accused with the help of CCTV footage.
The duo had committed many robberies in Banaswadi, Amruthahalli, KG Halli and Pulakeshinagar police station limits. “Banaswadi police learnt Khan was at Atturu Kuppam, Tamil Nadu. A team headed by sub-inspector Shahajahan rushed there and arrested him. They brought Khan to Bengaluru on Saturday. Khan confessed to his crime and informed cops he would show them the dagger, which he used along with Santosh to rob Sharath,” a police officer said.
SD Sharanappa, deputy commissioner of police (east), said cops took him to HRBR Layout, Khan attacked Shahajahan with the dagger and injured him in the thigh. "Sensing danger, inspector H Jayaraj opened two rounds in the air. But Khan continued to attack policemen and Jayaraj shot at Khan’s left leg,” Sharanappa said.
Shahajahan and Khan have been admitted to hospital and are out of danger, police said.