<p>Palghar: A cheating case accused and his driver have been arrested for allegedly trying to kill a woman police officer and her assistant by hitting them with a car in Maharashtra's Palghar district, an official said.</p>.<p>The incident took place on Saturday when a team led by the woman assistant police inspector (API) was searching for an accused in a cheating case registered at Achole police station, Naigaon police station's senior inspector Ramesh Bhame said.</p>.<p>The police team spotted the accused in a high-end car in Naigaon area. However, on seeing the police, the accused allegedly directed his driver to run the vehicle over the cops, the official said.</p>.ACB arrests additional public prosecutor over bribery in Palghar district.<p>As the driver tried to mow down the police personnel, the car hit the compound gate of a housing society.</p>.<p>The police then nabbed the cheating case accused and his driver, the official said.</p>.<p>The API and one of her assistants were injured in the incident, he said.</p>.<p>The police have booked the two men under various Indian Penal Code Sections including 307 (attempt to murder), 353 (assault or use of criminal force obstructing a public servant from discharging duty) and 332 (voluntarily causing hurt to any person being a public servant in the discharge of duty).</p>
<p>Palghar: A cheating case accused and his driver have been arrested for allegedly trying to kill a woman police officer and her assistant by hitting them with a car in Maharashtra's Palghar district, an official said.</p>.<p>The incident took place on Saturday when a team led by the woman assistant police inspector (API) was searching for an accused in a cheating case registered at Achole police station, Naigaon police station's senior inspector Ramesh Bhame said.</p>.<p>The police team spotted the accused in a high-end car in Naigaon area. However, on seeing the police, the accused allegedly directed his driver to run the vehicle over the cops, the official said.</p>.ACB arrests additional public prosecutor over bribery in Palghar district.<p>As the driver tried to mow down the police personnel, the car hit the compound gate of a housing society.</p>.<p>The police then nabbed the cheating case accused and his driver, the official said.</p>.<p>The API and one of her assistants were injured in the incident, he said.</p>.<p>The police have booked the two men under various Indian Penal Code Sections including 307 (attempt to murder), 353 (assault or use of criminal force obstructing a public servant from discharging duty) and 332 (voluntarily causing hurt to any person being a public servant in the discharge of duty).</p>