Drug Dealer Injured In Encounter In Assam While Allegedly Trying To Flee

The drug dealer and the two injured policemen were admitted to the Silchar Medical College and Hospital.

A drug peddler and two policemen were injured in a gunfight in Assam's Karimganj district on Saturday, the police said. Acting on a tip-off, the police tried to arrest the drug dealer red-handed near the Bangladesh border, but he allegedly tried to escape by snatching the service pistol of a policeman, Superintendent of Police Padmanav Barua said. The police opened fire and injured him. Two police personnel were also wounded in the exchange of fire, he said. The drug dealer and the two injured policemen were admitted to the Silchar Medical College and Hospital.