In a lightning move, the KG Halli police traced and fired upon a gang of armed robbers getting away with a truck carrying tobacco from the Indian Tobacco Company (ITC), and rescued the driver. KG Halli Police Inspector T Rangappa and two other cops sustained minor injuries when the gang tried to ambush the police party in the wee hours of yesterday morning.


Crime scene: The police have seized the SUV and weapons that the
bandits used in their bid to hijack the truck Pic/Ramesh HS

Rangappa said, "I received a tip-off that the truck going towards K R Puram on the Hebbal Ring road was being followed by an SUV, and that a gang of armed men had hijacked the truck." He added that after informing control room to send backup, he headed towards Hebbal Ring road. "Around 4.20 am, we spotted the vehicles and gave chase. Police Inspector Hanumanthraya from Hebbal police station, who was on night rounds, soon joined him," Rangappa said.