GUWAHATI:
The 65-year-old man suspected of raping and murdering a nine-year-old child in Assam's Morigaon was shot at by police as he attempted to flee police custody.
According to GP Singh, the Special DGP of the Assam Police, the accused was taken to recreate the crime scene where he tried to flee from police custody on the pretext of answering nature's call. To prevent his escape, the police fired two rounds due to which the rape accused suffered light injuries.
"One Syed Ali, accused of rape and murder of a minor girl at Bhuragaon, Morigaon district while being taken for reconstruction of scene of crime tried to escape under garb of answering nature's call. @MorigaonPolice had to use lawful minimum force to prevent escape," announced GP Singh on twitter.
He was injured with gun wound in the knee and was taken to the hospital for treatment.
"The accused tried to flee. Police resorted to two rounds of firing and he was injured," Morigaon SP Aparna Natarajan said.
Meanwhile, the 65-year-old accused Sayed Ali has been sent to the Gauhati Medical College Hospital (GMCH) for treatment.
Last Saturday, the accused man was detained for allegedly raping and killing the girl in a paddy field on June 20. The case led Himanta Biswa Sarma, the chief minister, to pay a visit to the girl's family and order the police to expedite the inquiry.
On June 28, Sayed Ali was nabbed near Buragaon in Assam's Morigaon district.
Sayyad Ali has been on the run since the minor girl's body was discovered in a field near the Brahmaputra River.
On June 20, the body of a 9-year-old girl from Balidunga village in Morigaon district's Bhuragaon police station was discovered in a field near the Brahmaputra River.
The girl had been sexually abused, according to the postmortem examination report, and strangling was the cause of death.
The incident on Friday is the fifth in the last month in which accused persons have been hurt by police shooting while attempting to flee detention.
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