Overview
- Police say 34-year-old Yarap Bhasha, reported elsewhere as Yarab Pasha, fled a Jujwadi checkpost on Sunday after striking Head Constable Rajiv Gandhi with his car.
- Injured in the escape attempt, the head constable sustained a leg fracture and was admitted to the Government Hospital in Hosur.
- Officers recovered about 390 kg of banned gutkha and 48 packets of Karnataka liquor from the vehicle, though some reports cite differing quantities and value.
- A chase led by Hudco inspector Syed Mubarak, aided by bystanders, intercepted the car near the Hosur Dargah area, with the incident captured on dashcam/CCTV.
- Police registered a case, seized the car and contraband, and remanded the accused to judicial custody in Salem Central Prison as investigators probe the smuggling network.