Daijiworld Media Network – Bengaluru (MS)
Bengaluru, Jun 2: In a shocking incident that occurred in the city on the morning of Wednesday June 2, police opened fire on the main accused in the rape case of girl of Bangladesh origin, which allegedly took place some time ago. Accused Shubooz (30) was shot at his legs and he is admitted to a hospital in the city.
This cinema style firing took place near Rampura pond of Avalahalli of the city at around 6.40 am on Wednesday. Shubooz tried to attack the police with button knife. Police had to fire at him in order to defend themselves as well as arrest the accused.
Shubooz
Accused Shubooz had behaved in an inhuman manner during the assault and rape of the Bangladeshi girl. He had gone underground after the incident. Police who got information that he is hiding in the shed belonging to rag pickers, had arrested him. While he sat in the police jeep he asked the cops that he needs to pass urine. He also said that he will urinate inside the jeep if they do not stop the vehicle.
The police who stopped the vehicle in order to allow Shubooz to pass urine were in for a shock when the accused attacked them with a button knife which he had hid with him. He tried to escape by stabbing sub-inspector Shivaraj and head constable Devender Nayak. Both the cops got injured on their hands. Shivaraj exhibited presence of mind and shot the accused on his left leg and arrested him.
The city police have taken three other prime accused in this case into custody on Tuesday. They had escaped to Chennai after committing the crime as the video went viral. It is learnt that all the three accused are citizens of Bangladesh and are residing in India illegally.
The 28-year-old victim girl of the gang rape incident had complained to the police that the she was sexually assaulted over some money matters. She had also said that there was one more girl during the whole assault. Police are on the lookout for the other girl also.
After the gang rape on the Bangladeshi girl came to light, police have unearthed a huge human trafficking racket. During the interrogation, it was found that young girls from Bangladesh are being smuggled into India without passport and visa. Ten people are already in the custody of Ramamurthy Nagar police of the city in this connection.
It is learnt that the accused had gang raped the victim girl and also exhibited sadistic behaviour due to the animosity they had with the victim. The video which the accused had shot had gone viral in north eastern states of India and Bangladesh. Police of Assam also had investigated into the matter. Information was conveyed to Bangladesh police also. Police of Bangladesh had detected family members of the victim girl. They also sent message to city police commissioner Kamal Pant with regards to the accused involved in the heinous crime.