Diesel thieves escape after ramming vehicle into C'garh cops

Two policemen were injured after they were hit by a vehicle driven by suspected diesel thieves in Chhattisgarhs Korba district, police said today.

The incident took place yesterday night in the Dipka coal mine project area of South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL), Korba Additional Superintendent of Police Kirtan Rathore said.

He said that a police team, acting on a tip-off, raided the Dipka mines area to apprehend diesel thieves.

"While trying to stop the SUV in which the suspected diesel thieves were travelling, the two constables, Vipin Nayak and Kalesh Byar, were injured. The SUV hit them and the thieves managed to escape," he said.

"The injured policemen were immediately rushed to the SECL hospital from where they were shifted to a private hospital. Their condition is now normal," the ASP said.

The SUV was later found abandoned in Pali area here, he informed.

A case has been registered in this connection and efforts are on to trace the absconding accused, he said.