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AHMEDABAD: A liquor mafia concerned in smuggling alcohol into the ‘dry’ state of Gujarat tried to run over the police personnel with a car on Tuesday night time. The incident befell close to Sagtala village in Devgadh Baria taluka close to the Gujarat-Madhya Pradesh border. Police who have been chasing them had fired pictures in an change of hearth with bootleggers. Luckily, no one was injured.
According to a supply, a complete of 11 rounds have been fired in the course of the chase, whereby the bootleggers fired seven.
A supply claimed that the police had obtained details about the supply of unlawful liquor on Tuesday night time, attributable to which they started to examine the automobiles.
Meanwhile, the cops discovered two suspicious vehicles with out quantity plates. The alcohol was found after stopping the automotive.
“While inspecting, six to seven cars emerged from behind, where 20 to 22 people surrounded the police with guns. They also wielded swords in their hands. Before the cops could do anything, one of the men opened fire, which resulted in them retaliating,” the supply mentioned.
Jagdish Bangarva, Assistant Superintendent of Police within the Dahod district, mentioned “While the gang fled from the spot following an exchange of fire in the air from both sides, a State Monitoring Cell (SMC) team managed to stop one of the vehicles used by the bootleggers to run over the policemen.”
Bangarva added that the SMC crew had been maintaining a watch at a village below the Sagtala police station.
While the gang fled, police seized certainly one of their vehicles which had rammed into an SMC car, mentioned the ASP.
Police searched all night time and detained three four-wheelers and one bike. They have additionally registered costs towards these 20 individuals. An FIR below part 307 (try to homicide) of the Indian Penal Code and the Arms Act was additionally registered.
AHMEDABAD: A liquor mafia concerned in smuggling alcohol into the ‘dry’ state of Gujarat tried to run over the police personnel with a car on Tuesday night time. The incident befell close to Sagtala village in Devgadh Baria taluka close to the Gujarat-Madhya Pradesh border. Police who have been chasing them had fired pictures in an change of hearth with bootleggers. Luckily, no one was injured.
According to a supply, a complete of 11 rounds have been fired in the course of the chase, whereby the bootleggers fired seven.
A supply claimed that the police had obtained details about the supply of unlawful liquor on Tuesday night time, attributable to which they started to examine the automobiles.
Meanwhile, the cops discovered two suspicious vehicles with out quantity plates. The alcohol was found after stopping the automotive.
“While inspecting, six to seven cars emerged from behind, where 20 to 22 people surrounded the police with guns. They also wielded swords in their hands. Before the cops could do anything, one of the men opened fire, which resulted in them retaliating,” the supply mentioned.
Jagdish Bangarva, Assistant Superintendent of Police within the Dahod district, mentioned “While the gang fled from the spot following an exchange of fire in the air from both sides, a State Monitoring Cell (SMC) team managed to stop one of the vehicles used by the bootleggers to run over the policemen.”
Bangarva added that the SMC crew had been maintaining a watch at a village below the Sagtala police station.
While the gang fled, police seized certainly one of their vehicles which had rammed into an SMC car, mentioned the ASP.
Police searched all night time and detained three four-wheelers and one bike. They have additionally registered costs towards these 20 individuals. An FIR below part 307 (try to homicide) of the Indian Penal Code and the Arms Act was additionally registered.
