Policemen Under Attack: Head Constable Fires Two Bullets in Self Defence

Port Blair, Feb 22: A Police team on duty to execute Court warrants on two accused brothers was attacked by the accused and his family members in South Point village in Port Blair this morning.

Under murderous attack, a head constable fired two shots in the air in self defence, one of which hit the attacker Sheikh Murtaza’s left knee.

The policeman, HC Sanjay Kujur, has suffered severe head injuries. Both are admitted in GB Pant Hospital.

Sheikh Murtaza and his brother Mujibul are accused in 7 and 8 cases of burglary and house theft respectively and are facing trial in the Court. The Hon’ble Court had issued non-bailable warrants in their names and directed the Police to produce the warrantees for trial.

Getting information that Sheikh Murtaza, absconding for a long time, has come back to the Islands, a police team of P.S. Aberdeen had gone to execute the Court Warrant when the warrantee resisted arrest and his family members comprising of his father, mother and four brothers attacked the policemen with dah, rods and wooden logs. HC Sanjay Kujur and two other policemen were brutally assaulted. HC Sanjay has suffered injuries in head, shoulders, arms and palm, among others.

As they finally managed to free themselves, they were chased by the attackers with dah and wooden logs. In self defence, the policeman fired two shots from his service pistol in the air, one of which struck the attacker Sheikh Murtaza in the knee. On a call to PCR, a police team arrived at the spot immediately and brought him to hospital.

A case crime no. 70/12 dated 22/02/12 u/s 307/332/333/186/189/224/225/ 147/148/149 IPC has been registered in P.S. Aberdeen against the attackers for attempt to murder, causing grievous hurt to deter public servants from discharge of their duty, resistance to lawful apprehension, rioting with deadly weapons etc. The assaulter brothers Sheikh Mustafa and Sheikh Salman have been arrested along with their father Sheikh Safiul and mother Smt. Marzina Begum, while Murtaza is admitted in hospital. Further investigation is in progress.