In a late night incident, the Hubballi Dharwad Police fired at a rape and POCSO case accused after he allegedly attacked them with a penknife and tried to escape. A police inspector and constable suffered stab injuries in the attack.
According to Police Commissioner Renuka Sukumar, the incident happened while the accused Saddam Hussain Limbuvale was being brought to the police station for further procedures in the case.
The police had nabbed him on Friday night following a complaint of forcefully impregnating a minor Dalit girl and issuing life threats to the family. The mother, a resident of Amargol in Hubballi, had filed the complaint after her daughter told her about the alleged forceful physical relationship and after the accused threatened her with dire consequences on Friday.
