Mangaluru, May 29 : Police opened fire at a notorious rowdysheeter Umer Farooq when he tried to escape after attacking them and arrested him.
Police said that the incident occurred when a police team had gone to Pachanadu located in the outskirts of the city and tried to arrest Farooq, who was on run from the police for long.
The culprit tried to attack the police personnel with lethal weapons and in self defence the police opened fire at him with service revolver and arrested him.
