UDAIPUR/RATLAM: In a shocking incident, an MP Police sub-inspector from Ratlam , who was in Udaipur on-duty to nab criminals, opened fire at a Rajasthan police team when the latter chased the private car the SI was travelling in after it jumped a police check post.A constable from Gogunda police station in Rajasthan sustained bullet injury on his leg and is hospitalized.The Udaipur police seized the service revolver of the MP cop, Virendra Singh, and are investigating the matter.Nothing objectionable was found from the car in which the Singh and his friend were travelling, Rajasthan police said.After reports of the incident reached Ratlam, SP suspended the cop.In his statement, the Virendra Singh told Udaipur Police that he mistook the Rajasthan police team chasing their car for goons and opened fire in safety. “A case has been registered against the accused Virendra Singh and his aide for firing at the police team. Preliminary investigation reveals the cop was frightened and mistook the team on chase to be goons. Being a stranger to the place and fearing being waylaid in the deserted road, Singh panicked and perhaps opened fire for security reasons,” Udaipur SP Kailashchandra Vishnoi said.IG Udaipur Praful Kumar said the sub-inspector had come to Rajasthan on official duty and at this initial stage there is no evidence to suspect that he was involved in any sort of smuggling.A Madhya Pradesh police team comprising of two subinspectors and four constables were on way to Bhilwara in search of an accused and the team made a halt in Udaipur on Friday night. The team had reported their stay at the Surajpole police station and informed. SI Virendra Singh, reportedly left for Pali with his acquaintance Deepak Aggrawal for some personal work in a private car which did not have a number plate. At Gogunda Highway at a check-post, the SI’s car instead of halting took a U-turn and tried to speed away.A police jeep chased the car and signaled them to stop. The police chased the car some 6-7 kilometers and as they approached closer, Singh, who was seated next to the driver took out his service revolver and fired. The bullet hit a constable named Hansraj Meena.The Gogunda police raised an alarm and informed other teams at the next junction which forced the car to stop. Police officers claimed that when the team searched the car, nothing objectionable was found.Vishnoi too rushed to Gogunda and interrogated the SI. “Prima facie it doesn’t appear that the cop was involved in any smuggling activity since nothing was found from the car. Some misunderstanding or miscommunication resulted in the firing," Vishnoi told the media later.Singh in his statement said, he along with his friend could not see the check-post as it was dark outside and when they realized they had taken a wrong road, they took a U-turn which possibly the Gogunda police mistook as they were fleeing. “I didn’t knew it was the police team that was chasing us and so when the jeep came near, I opened fire mistaking them to be goons.”After the incident, Ratlam SP Gaurav Tiwari suspended the sub-inspector. He told TOI that a team of six policemen from Bilpank police station in Ratlam was sent to Udaipur to arrest four members of a gang who were on the run. SIs Virendra Singh and SI Amit Sharma along with four more policemen were sent to Udaipur. One of them told the SP that Virendra went out to drop his friend who had come to meet him at the hotel where they were staying. They then received a call from him that someone was following him.

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