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Rape Suspect Injured in Police Firing During Arrest Attempt
Police were trying to arrest a man accused of attacking a woman.
They found him on a motorbike near Bhubaneswar on Saturday.
Police said he tried to attack them with a sharp object.
Officers fired their guns, and the man was hurt in his right leg.
He was taken to Capital Hospital.
The man is accused of raping a 26-year-old woman at gunpoint in her rented home on Wednesday night.
Police said he had been living in Bhubaneswar for several years.
The woman did not know him, according to the police.
A man accused of raping a woman was injured in a police firing near Bhubaneswar on Saturday.
Police said they intercepted him in the Chandaka area after receiving a tip-off.
According to the DCP, the man resisted arrest and tried to attack officers with a sharp object.
Police opened fire, and the man was injured in his right leg and taken to Capital Hospital.
The man is accused of raping a 26-year-old woman at gunpoint in her rented flat on Wednesday night.
- Who
- A man accused of raping a 26-year-old woman; Bhubaneswar police led by DCP Saravana Vivek M.
- What
- The accused was shot in the right leg during an attempted arrest and taken to hospital.
- Where
- The firing occurred in the Chandaka area near Bhubaneswar; the alleged rape was at the woman's rented flat in Bhubaneswar.
- When
- The police firing occurred on Saturday; the alleged rape took place Wednesday night.
- Why
- Police said the man resisted arrest and tried to attack officers with a sharp object.
Key facts
- Accused
- An unnamed man accused of rape
- Alleged victim
- A 26-year-old woman
- Police firing
- Saturday, in the Chandaka area near Bhubaneswar
- Injury
- Bullet injury to the accused's right leg
- Hospital
- Capital Hospital
- Alleged rape
- Wednesday night, at the victim's rented flat in Bhubaneswar
- Police account
- The DCP said the accused tried to attack officers with a sharp object while they attempted to arrest him.
Quotes
Saravana Vivek M
Bhubaneswar Deputy Commissioner of Police
“The injured accused person has been shifted to Capital Hospital.”
thehansindia.com
Sources
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