Saturday’s shoot-out at Uttam Nagar went well for a Delhi Police team — the recent murder of a wine shop manager at Mehrauli was solved, the main accused was nabbed and the life of an inspector who was shot at in the chest was saved due to a bulletproof jacket.
However, the lucky break for the police officer did not end so well for Amit Babbar as the bullet ricocheted and pierced the leg of the passer-by instead.
Two days after the police apprehended two criminals for the murder of the wine shop manager, they came across Mr. Babbar’s case.
According to the police, a team had on December 31 tracked down Pankaj Sharma and his associate at Mohan Garden and tried to nab them.
Sharma pulled out a country made pistol and fired at the policemen.
One of the bullets had hit a policeman who was wearing a bulletproof jacket, while the second one hit Mr. Babbar on the leg as he and his wife were heading to the market on a scooter.
Victim unaware initially
According to the police, Mr. Babbar initially presumed that the wheels of the scooter had flicked the sharp object that hit his leg and did not tell his wife about it.
When he returned home, the wound started hurting. He put a bandage on it, but things worsened later at night.
“He was rushed to a hospital the next morning. The doctors reported that he had suffered a bullet injury,” said Chinmoy Biswal, Additional DCP (south).
Surgery performed
Mr. Babbar was operated upon on Tuesday and discharged from the hospital.
The police said a 7.62mm bullet usually gets pulped after hitting a body, leaving fragments in the flesh that had to be removed from Mr. Babbar’s leg.
The police may invoke the section concerning attempt to murder against Sharma.
