Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, July 21, 2010:
A police constable, who rescued a girl from abduction, injured severely when he was pumped with three bullets by the miscreants last night, police as well as local source said today.
The incident occurred at the village of the constable, Akoijam Roshan son of AK Mani of Ningombam village under Singjamei police station of Imphal west district last night, around 8 pm.
He was off the duty.
With three bullet injuries, he is treating at Shija Hospital under serious condition, police said.
Local source said that around four to five miscreants coming on a Maruti Van (MN01-7461) shot him thrice for allegedly giving interference in their effort to abduct a girl coming with a boy in a scooter in the village.
Some youths in the van stopped the boy and girl coming together at the scooter and tried to take away the girl.
On hearing hue and cry of the girl, the constable in civil dress along with his two local friends rushed to the spot and prevented the girl from carrying away by the miscreants.
Miscreants, who left the spot when villagers started gathering at spot, came back again within minutes and they pointed out Roshan who took main role in preventing the girt from taking away before pumping three bullets, locals said.
They escaped to the same vehicle they come with taking advantage of the hither and thither of villagers on hearing gun firing sounds.
Roshan was immediately rushed to the hospital and the girl along with the boy rescued by him and his colleagues have been handed over to the police, the local report said.