Tamil Nadu: Police open fire at rowdy sheeter in Tiruchirapalli
A rowdy-sheeter was arrested after the police opened fire on him in self-defence, when he attacked a Cop at Salapatti village in Thottiyam of Tiruchirapalli district on Friday night.
Police said here on Saturday that acting on specific information that K.Alexander (29), a notorious rowdy sheeter against whom several cases including murder, robbery, assault was hiding under the foothills of a hillock with country-made weapons, a police team led by Thottiyam police inspector Muthaiyan went to nab him.
When the police asked him to surrender, he hurled a stone injuring a police constable.
Muthaiyan fired two rounds from his service pistol in self-defence. Alexander suffered bullet injuries on his leg.
The rowdy-sheeter was later arrested and admitted to the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital.
The injured police constable was also admitted to the hospital.
Police recovered country-made weapons from Alexander and are investigating.
(With UNI inputs)
IBNS
Senior Staff Reporter at Northeast Herald, covering news from Tripura and Northeast India.
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