Police arrested Gajendra alias Akku Rawat, the truck driver accused of killing Khategaon police station in-charge Dilip Puri in Madhya Pradesh’s Dewas district. He was apprehended in Alirajpur after being on the run since Sunday.
While being brought back to Dewas, Rawat allegedly attempted to escape from custody and was shot in the leg during a brief encounter near Barotha. He was admitted to a hospital, police said.
Inspector Puri was allegedly run over by the truck while conducting a search for illicit liquor on the Indore-Betul highway. The officer later succumbed to his injuries.
Police recovered over 1,800 litres of illicit liquor from secret compartments in the truck and have arrested three other accused in connection with the smuggling racket.
