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Hubballi: A Karnataka police sub-inspector fired at a notorious theft-accused in the leg when he allegedly tried to assault the police during a search operation to nab another accused near Tarihal Cross on Gamanagatti Road on the outskirts of Hubballi city on Friday early morning.
Farhan Sheikh, of Mumbai origin, was shot in his leg by PSI Kavita Madagyal after she opened fire of two rounds in air, whe he started assaulting the police in a bid to escape, police said.
Two police constables Mahesh and Sujatha were injured in the assault by Sheikh. All three injured including Sheikh are shifted to the Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) hospital.
Sheikh was detained on Thursday in connection with a jewellery store theft case at Keshwapur. Keshwapur police team had taken him to the Gamanagatti Road area on Friday early morning, to search and arrest the other accused who assisted him in the theft.
According to Police Commissioner N Shashi Kumar, Sheikh was accused in 15 cases of robbery, murder as well as other cases in Maharashtra, Telangana, Gujarat and Karnataka.