The Fatehabad police have arrested two persons for opening fire at a police team near Badopal toll plaza in December last year while trying to free a jail inmate from police custody.
The accused have been identified as Prashant alias Sachin of Sonepat and Sumit of Agroha, Hisar.
Fatehabad sadar police station house officer (SHO) Kuldeep Singh said that the incident had occurred on December 21 last year when four persons had opened fire at police team near Badopal toll plaza when jail inmate Ravi Kumar, who is lodged at Faridabad jail, was being taken back from a local court in Fatehabad where he was brought for a court hearing.
“When our vehicle reached near Badopal toll plaza, Ravi asked to stop the vehicle for urination. His cousin and three others came there on a bike and started firing at us in which a policeman sustained injuries. Ravi and his cousin Ankit Kumar sustained injuries. The latter died on the spot and the former died during treatment at a hospital,” he had said.
The SHO said that Ravi had asked his brother-in-law Prashant to meet Sumit and Manoj when he had gone to meet him in Faridabad jail.
{{/usCountry}}The SHO said that Ravi had asked his brother-in-law Prashant to meet Sumit and Manoj when he had gone to meet him in Faridabad jail.
{{/usCountry}}“Sumit, Prashant and Manoj made a plan to free Ravi during his court hearing in Fatehabad. They attacked a police vehicle along with Ravi’s cousin Ankit. We had arrested Manoj earlier and the duo was arrested today,” the SHO added.