HYDERABAD: Hyderabad police personnel opened fire in retaliation at some pickpockets near the Nampally railway station after the miscreants attacked them with an axe. A 19-year-old offender suffered injuries when a bullet pierced through his thigh.
He has been identified as Raju, a band player staying in Afzalsagar, Mangari basti, at Mallepally. His accomplices included Mohd Khaja, 19, of Aminbhai ki Mandi, Habeebnagar nala. The incident occurred at about 12.10 am
Central zone DCP Akshansh Yadav said that a police decoy team noticed two persons moving around in suspicious circumstances near the Nampally railway station beside Ghouse-e-Pak Chilla.
"When the decoy team questioned them as to why they were carrying axes, one of them attacked the constable with an axe, while the other started pelting stones on them,” the DCP said.
“The decoy team warned the two persons to surrender before police by dropping the weapons. However, they did not pay heed and came near them menacingly. In self-defence, the armed reserve constable opened fire on the person brandishing the axe, injuring his right thigh. The other person ran away from the scene. The injured was immediately shifted to OGH for treatment," the DCP said.
