Two police officers and a constable were injured after a27-year-old man attacked them with a chopper in south Mumbai early today,police said.
Karan Pradip Nayar, resident of Silver Oaks estate nearBreach Candy, attacked the policemen who were on routine ‘nakabandi’ duty at1.30 am, senior police inspector of Marine Drive police station MrityunjayHiremath told PTI.
The policemen, all deployed at the Marine Drive policestation, received injuries on their shoulders and hands and were taken to thestate government-run JJ hospital, he said.
“When our policemen saw the man walking with a largechopper near the Pransukhlal Mafatlal Hindu Swimming Bath and Boat Club, theytried to stop him. He ran away and they chased him. When they tried to catchhim, he attacked them with the chopper,” Hiremath said.
Nayar, an architecture graduate, has been arrested, thepolice officer said, adding a case has been filed against him under varioussections of the IPC, including 307 (attempted murder) and also the Arms Act.
DCP Zone 1 Sangramsinh Nishandar reached the spotimmediately after the incident and made arrangements for the medical treatmentand accommodation of the injured policemen, he said.