Police fire at POCSO accused after being assaulted
The HinduIn 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. 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. This commissioner said that when the accused was about to be taken to the police station in a jeep on the outskirts of Sutagatti in Hubballi around 11.30 p.m. on Friday, he took out a penknife which he had hidden in his clothes and first stabbed constable Arun on his shoulder. The Police Commissioner said another case would be booked against the accused for the assault on the police and further investigation was under way.