Mangan cops round up attempt to murder accused from Islampur

GANGTOK, 07 Aug: 22-year-old Md. Ajmal, an accused in an attempt to murder and robbery case in Mangan, was arrested from his hideout in Islampur, West Bengal, early yesterday by a team from Mangan Police Station working in coordination with the Islampur Police Station.
The accused, a resident of Islampur, North Dinajpur, West Bengal, was wanted in connection with a violent robbery committed at Sipi village of Singhik-Sentam GPU near Mangan on the night of 02 August. The Sr. SP [North], BK Tamang, informs that the accused, reflected in police records as a scrap collector, had grievously injured one Man Maya Subba while committing a robbery after which he had decamped from Mangan.
As per reports, the accused had attacked the victim at her home with a bamphok in a bid to snatch her gold earrings. The victim suffered cut wounds on both hands and the accused escaped from the window.
While the victim was immediately evacuated to Mangan District Hospital for treatment, North District Police made all out efforts to search and nab the accused by way of forming search teams under SDPO [Mangan], DSP Paru Ruchal, PI Palden Bhutia, SHO/Mangan PS and SI KE Kaleon, the SP informs. The SP closely supervised the entire operation and now the accused is under custody within three days of the casing having been registered.
He has been booked under Sections 457/ 452/ 392/ 394/ 307 of the Indian Penal Code.
Armed with a non-bailable warrant, a Mangan PS team comprising of SI KE Kaleon, ASI Uday Chettri, W/C Tshering Doma Sherpa and L/NK Deo Narayan Pradhan was despatched to Islampur to effect the arrest.
The Sikkim Police team, in coordination with Islampur Police Station, raided the hide-out of the absconding accused at Islampur and succeeded in apprehending him in the early hours of 06 August, the SP informs. The accused on transit remand was produced before the Judicial Magistrate/ North at Gangtok today and remanded to police custody.