Mumbai: Two robbers attack cops with blade, arrested

The two reached the police station and cried those two constables had assaulted them and robbed their motorcycle

Samta Nagar police on Friday arrested two persons for robbery and assaulting police personnel with a blade.

Mumbai: Two robbers attack cops with blade, arrested

According to Anandrao Hanke, senior police inspector, the incident took place on Friday night when the two brothers identified as Rohit Kaparla, 23, and Babu Kaparla, 21, were trying to rob an idli vendor at 2.30am. While they were trying to flee on their motorcycle, two police constables from Kurar police station who were on patrolling duty, apprehended them. On seeing the policemen, the two siblings left their two-wheeler and ran towards Samta Nagar police station which was 500 meters away.

“The two constables began searching for the robbers, not suspecting that they would have entered the police station after committing the crime,” said Hanke.

The two reached the police station and cried those two constables had assaulted them and robbed their motorcycle.

When the officers were in the process of registering the complaint, they received a wireless message about the two robbers’ escape with their description, which matched the complainants.

“We immediately contacted the Kurar police officers and detained the two brothers,” added Hanke.

However, as their lie was caught and when they were being arrested, they removed a blade from their pocket and attacked the constables of Samta Nagar police station and themselves. They tried to flee but they were intercepted and arrested.