Bengaluru: Murder suspect attacks SI with machete, shot at

BENGALURU: Police on Tuesday morning shot at and injured a murder suspect when he attacked a sub-inspector with a machete on Railway Parallel Road in Kasturinagar,

Raghu

from Pillareddynagar was arrested for his alleged role in the murder of garment factory owner S

Sreedhar

, who was hacked to death near Nagawara on Saturday. Hennur police nabbed six suspects on Monday. Raghu told police that he had thrown the weapon near the Railway Parallel Road. Cops took him to the spot at 7am.

“He took the machete and assaulted

SI Ningaraj

. Inspector Vasanth Kumar opened fire in self defence,” SD

Sharanappa

, deputy commissioner of police (east) said.