Policemen shot at as they step in to foil burglary bid in E Delhi

NEW DELHI: A burglary bid was foiled by police in east Delhi's

Mandoli

early on Friday, even as one of the accused shot at a policemen when he noticed the cops approaching their car.

Police said at 2.15am one of the residents of Ram Nagar Extension saw that one white Innova parked outside a shop on

Mandoli Road

and while one person was trying to open the shutter of the shop, another was keeping a watch. He also noticed that more persons were present inside the car.

“Following a PCR call, a team reached the spot in a few minutes and parked their gypsy in front of the Innova. As Mustak Khan and

Yogender

got down from their vehicle to confront the suspects, they reversed the car and fired a shot at the cops,“ said an officer.

As the accused were fleeing, police fired at the car two officers chased them on a bike. The officers, however, lost site of the car a little ahead. Police are scanning CCTV footage to identify the accused.

A case under various sections has been registered and a search is on for the suspects, said DCP (

Shahdara

) Nupur Prasad.