Local gang members fire four rounds at police

SURAT: Three members of a local gang wanted in a murder case, fired four rounds at the police officers of the city crime branch on their trail, in the Kadodra village on the outskirts of the city in Surat on Sunday, police said.

Though non of the crime branch officer was injured in the attack, the three gamg-members managed to escape, they said, adding that police did not fire in retaliation.

The incident occured near Bardhari hotel on the Kamrej-Kadodara road, where the crime branch officers, acting on a tip-off, had laid a trap for the three members of notorious Dinesh Vascod gang, police said.

But, the gang mamebers sensed the trap and opened fire at the police officers who were on their trail, before disappearing into nearby fields, they said.

The gang members - Sanjay, Anil and Atul are wanted in a murder case and police have been on their trail for quiet a long time, police added.

Additional police force has been called in from the nearby Bardoli, Palsana and Kamrej police stations, who along with the city crime branch are conducting a search operation to nab the culprits, they added.