Hyderabad: Police opened fire in the air after a four-member gang tried to attack them here, police said on Saturday.
The incident happened under Chilkalguda police station on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday when the gang tried to snatch a mobile phone from one of the personnel involved in the decoy operation.
According to a senior police official, four persons came on two motorcycles and attempted to snatch a mobile phone from one of the police personnel. The gang also tried to attack the police.
”In self-defense, one of our constables discharged a warning shot into the air, compelling the gang to immediately surrender. They are now in custody and are being questioned,” stated the official.
The official further revealed that the police have been conducting these decoy operations for the past month, resulting in the arrest of eight cell phone snatching gangs to date.
