AN advocate in Bharuch thwarted a burglary attempt in his house early on Tuesday morning by firing at the four robbers with his licensed weapon, injuring one of them. The three others managed to escape on a motorcycle before the police arrived at the spot.
According to the complainant, senior advocate Bhadrasinh Raj, the burglars had already broken into the ground-floor drawing room of his two-storey house.
‘‘After locking myself and my wife in the bedroom I warned the robbers from inside that I will fire at them if they did not leave. When they attempted to break open my bedroom door, I fired one round,’’ said Raj in his complaint to Bharuch Town police.
The pistol shot penetrated through his bedroom door and caught Supansingh Sikligar on his waist. As an injured Supansingh fell to the ground, his other three aides fled in their motorcycle before the police arrived.
‘‘I was informed about the incident over phone by Raj but before we could reach the spot the robbers fled towards the highway. Sikligar was admitted to SSG hospital following heavy blood loss,” said Bharuch Town Police Inspector D B Damor. “We will interrogate him after he is discharged.’’
A case of house-breaking was registered with Bharuch police as the police is yet to make any more arrests in this connection.