Bangalore, May 6: An IPS probationer escaped death when a gang of smugglers tried to mow him down.
Sunil Kumar Reddy , IPS, posted at the Rippenpet police station in Hosanagar taluk of Shimoga district , was injured in the smugglers' attack late Friday night near Balur village .
On a tip-off that the smugglers were carting sandalwood and rosewood out of the forest , Reddy rushed to the village with a few personnel . He arrested two members of the gang, led by Ammer Hamza , Ganesh and Raghu . The others fled on seeing the police party .
When Reddy was questioning the arrested men , the smugglers returned in their vehicle at high speed and tried to run over the policeteam .The IPS officer and a smuggler were injured in the melee . The other police personnel escaped unhurt ; the smugglers made good their escape .
Police alerted their Shimoga and Sagar counterparts . Within hours , Hamza and three of his accomplices were caught in the Sagar police limits .
Reddy was admitted to a hospital . Police said the arrested smugglers have been remanded to police custody .
Shimoga SP Raman Gupta said : "We will crack down on smuggling in the district ." He said the arrested men were carrying sandal and rosewood . Preliminary investigation has revealed the arrested men are habitual offenders .
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