Suspected car thieves assaulted two police constables and ran away after freeing one of their associates caught by the police. The suspects also fired bullet in the air.

The incident occurred last night 1^st Nov when a constable Jitendra Kumar was patrolling at Kharol Colony area. He saw few men in suspicious condition. Jitendra asked them to stop but all of them started fleeing. Jitendra followed them and caught one of the suspects.

During scuffle, a home guard jawan Prahlad also came to help Jitendra. Seeing this, the other accused came back in a car and attacked policemen and freed their associate. One of the suspects also took out gun and fired in the air.

The assault caused minor injuries to police constable Jitendra and another security guard. Both were rushed to the hospital.

According to the police, all suspects were roaming in Kharol Colony area with wrong intentions, probably to steal a car.