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An undertrial was changeable dormant successful a police brushwood successful West Bengal’s Uttar Dinajpur territory aboriginal connected Saturday, 3 days aft helium fired astatine and injured 2 policemen and escaped from a situation van. The undertrial’s flight had prompted Director General of Police (DGP) Rajiv Kumar to contented a warning: “If a transgression fires astatine us, we volition occurrence backmost 4 times.”
The incidental occurred successful the jurisdiction of the Goalpokhar constabulary presumption adjacent the Bangladesh border. According to police, they received a tip-off that undertrial Sajjak Alam, a execution lawsuit accused, was hiding successful the Kichaktala area. The constabulary raided the country and spotted Alam, who allegedly opened occurrence connected them erstwhile helium was asked to surrender, starring the constabulary to “fire successful self-defence”.
“Today, astatine astir 7.10 am, Sajjak Alam, who is accused of firing upon the constabulary with an escort enactment adjacent the Panjipara post, was injured successful an speech of occurrence with the police. The constabulary had to occurrence successful self-defence. He was instantly rushed to the hospital,” Rajesh Kumar Yadav, Inspector General of Police, North Bengal, said connected Saturday, addressing the media astatine Goalpokhar constabulary station.
Alam received 3 slug injuries and was rushed to Lodhan Rural Hospital astatine astir 8.15 americium and succumbed to his injuries astatine astir 8.30 am.
Alam was readying to flight to Bangladesh with the assistance of his accomplice Abdul Hussain, constabulary sources said, adding that Hussain’s in-laws and relatives reside successful the Goalpokhar country and had a location successful Bangladesh too.
On Wednesday, Alam had escaped from a situation van aft firing astatine and injuring 2 policemen portion helium was being taken backmost to Raiganj jailhouse from court. The incidental took spot connected National Highway 27 nether the jurisdiction of the Goalpokhar constabulary station.
A time later, DGP Kumar had issued a stern warning, saying the constabulary would “respond with 4 times the force” if they were fired at.
The injured constabulary officials, Assistant Sub-Inspector Deben Baishya and Constable Nilkanta Sarkar, are presently undergoing attraction astatine a backstage nursing location successful Siliguri’s Matigara.
“According to our investigation, the accused undertrial someway got a weapon from an accomplice portion helium was wrong the tribunal premises. He utilized that weapon and fired astatine our colleagues. We person released the representation of the accused Sajak Alam and his accomplice Abdul Hussain and announced a reward of Rs 2 lakh for immoderate accusation connected them,” a elder constabulary serviceman of Islampur had said then.
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