Hyderabad, August 03: A case of attempt to murder was registered against a sub-inspector in the police station he is working, for opening fire on Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths who caught him accepting bribe last night. The SI opened fire on the ACB sleuths and fled by jumping the compound wall of the police station. This is probably for the first time that the ACB sleuths have come under attack by the government officials while discharging duties. The incident took place in East Godavari district.
According to officials, ACB sleuths laid a trap to catch the 34-year-old SI of Prathipadu police station, Padala Venkata Narayana Swamy, following a complaint by a woman. After laying a trap, the woman, Varalaxmi went to the police station around 7.45 p.m and handed over the Rs 5,000 demanded by the SI to register a case based on the complaint registered by the woman. Varalaxmi lodged a complaint against another woman, Parvathi and her husband for trespassing and damaging paddy seedlings in her land and hurting her when she objected to their act, an official release said today.
The complaint was lodged on July 27 and the SI demanded bribe to register a case and initiate action. As soon as Narayana Swamy took the money yesterday night, ACB sleuths entered the police station to catch the SI redhanded. Noticing the sleuths, Narayana Swamy threw away the money and threatened them with his service pistol as the latter tried to nab him. Narayana Swamy rushed out of the police station and found another team of officials and opened fired on them when they tried to catch him, the release said.
Narayana Swamy escaped from the police station by scaling the compound wall and is still at large.
Based on the complaint by the ACB officials, cases under Sections 307 (attempt to murder), 353 (assault or use of criminal force to deter a public servant from discharging duties), 201 (screening of evidence) and Section 27 of Arms Act, 1959 were registered against the SI in the Prathipadu police station and a hunt is on to nab him.
–Agencies