A notorious thief involved in more than 20 theft cases, grabbed the service pistol of a Police Sub-Inspector and fled when the police team tried to arrest him near Sona village in Afzalpur taluk of Kalaburagi district late on Sunday night.
The accused, Khajappa, a notorious thief wanted in 20 cases of robbery in Bengaluru and Kalaburagi, snatched the service pistol of Afzalpur Police Sub-Inspector Bheemraya Bankali and escaped from the police team.
Based on a tip-off on the thief’s hideout near Sona village in Afzalpur taluk of Kalaburagi, a Bengaluru Police team reached Kalaburagi on Sunday to arrest Khajappa.
