<p>A 21-year-old history-sheeter was shot in the leg by the police when he attacked an assistant sub-inspector with a knife in the early hours of Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">History-sheeter Saravana alias Tarun and the ASI were taken to hospital and are said to be out of danger. The West Division police had formed a special team to trace the men who had robbed a man named Praveen (30) after the victim had filed a complaint.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Five men, who came in a car armed with logs, took away Praveen’s mobile phone and a UPS system on May 21. In a similar crime on June 2, another person was robbed of Rs 3 lakh in Kamakshipalya.</p>.<p class="bodytext">When the special team caught hold of two history-sheeters, Pradeep B M and Akshay, they revealed that Saravana and two of his associates, Nandish and Sumanth, were involved in the first robbery.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Around 2.30 am on Tuesday, Saravana, Nandish and Sumanth were travelling in an autorickshaw in Summanahalli junction when they were noticed by the policemen on patrol. The three-wheeler turned into a road behind the Pete Channappa industrial area called Guddehalli.</p>.<p class="bodytext">When the police team surrounded them, Nandish and Sumanth fled the spot, while Saravana attacked ASI Srinivasamurthy with a knife. Vijayanagar police inspector G N Nagesh fired in the air to warn Saravana, but he continued to attack the policeman. The inspector shot the rowdy on the left leg in self-defence to immobilise him.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Saravana has been wanted in several robbery cases in and around Pattegarapalaya, Sumanahalli, Vijayanagar and Magadi Road. The police said he is a resident of Tunganagar in Byadrahalli on Magadi Road.</p>
<p>A 21-year-old history-sheeter was shot in the leg by the police when he attacked an assistant sub-inspector with a knife in the early hours of Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">History-sheeter Saravana alias Tarun and the ASI were taken to hospital and are said to be out of danger. The West Division police had formed a special team to trace the men who had robbed a man named Praveen (30) after the victim had filed a complaint.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Five men, who came in a car armed with logs, took away Praveen’s mobile phone and a UPS system on May 21. In a similar crime on June 2, another person was robbed of Rs 3 lakh in Kamakshipalya.</p>.<p class="bodytext">When the special team caught hold of two history-sheeters, Pradeep B M and Akshay, they revealed that Saravana and two of his associates, Nandish and Sumanth, were involved in the first robbery.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Around 2.30 am on Tuesday, Saravana, Nandish and Sumanth were travelling in an autorickshaw in Summanahalli junction when they were noticed by the policemen on patrol. The three-wheeler turned into a road behind the Pete Channappa industrial area called Guddehalli.</p>.<p class="bodytext">When the police team surrounded them, Nandish and Sumanth fled the spot, while Saravana attacked ASI Srinivasamurthy with a knife. Vijayanagar police inspector G N Nagesh fired in the air to warn Saravana, but he continued to attack the policeman. The inspector shot the rowdy on the left leg in self-defence to immobilise him.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Saravana has been wanted in several robbery cases in and around Pattegarapalaya, Sumanahalli, Vijayanagar and Magadi Road. The police said he is a resident of Tunganagar in Byadrahalli on Magadi Road.</p>