Wanted criminal receives gunshot injury attempting to snatch cop’s pistol
JAMMU, Jun 10 (PTI): A wanted criminal received a gunshot injury after he tried to snatch a weapon from a policemen while leading a police party to his hideout to effect recovery of illegal weapons including a pistol here, official said on Tuesday.
Bagh Hussain, a resident of Balol Nallah near Kikri Morh, was recently arrested from Haryana in connection with a case related to attack on a police party in Bari Brahmana area in April that left several policemen, including a station house officer, injured, the official said.
“During interrogation, the accused disclosed having concealed the weapon of offence – a loaded pistol and an axe – in Banachak village of Bishnah (Jammu). A police team rushed to the location to recover the weapons (on Monday),” he said.
