UDAIPUR: In a shocking incident, a sub inspector from Ratlam police , who was in Udaipur on duty to nab a criminal, opened fire at the Udaipur police team The latter were chasing the private car the SI was travelling in, when the car didn’t stop at the police check post and took a U-turn instead. A constable from Gogunda police station sustained bullet injury on his leg and is hospitalized, while the Udaipur police have taken the service revolver from the SI and are investigating the matter. Nothing was found from the car in which the two men were travelling, police said. In his explanation, the SI told Udaipur police that he mistook the chasing police team for hooligans and thus opened fire at them for chasing his car.“A case has been registered against the sub inspector and his aide for firing at the police team. Primary investigation reveals the cop was frightened and mistook the chasing police team to be rogues. Being a stranger to the place and fearing the deserted road amid forest and hills, he perhaps opened fire for security reasons,” Udaipur SP Kailashchandra Vishnoi said. IG Praful Kumar said the sub inspector had come here on official duty and as of now, there is no evidence to suspect that he was involved in any sort of smuggling.Police claim when the team searched the car, nothing objectionable was found, and why the two men tried to evade the checkpost is beyond understanding. Udaipur SP Kailashchandra Vishnoi said, “Prima facie, it doesn’t appear that the cop was involved in any drug smuggling, since nothing was found from the car. Some misunderstanding or miscommunication had occurred.”The SI said he and his friend didn’t see the checkpost due to dark outside and when they realized they’d taken a wrong road, they took a U-turn which the cops mistook as a run.

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