Pune Police Encounter: Habitual Offender Fires at Cops, Injured in Retaliation

• A habitual offender, Omkar Dilip Bhandare, fired at a police team in Pune's Nagar Road area.
• Police were attempting to apprehend Bhandare for illegal arms possession and assault cases.
• API Ganesh Jagdale and PSI Ravindra Dhawre led the team that set a trap in Avhalwadi.
• Bhandare fired from a country-made pistol; PSI Dhawre retaliated, injuring him in the left thigh.
• Bhandare was admitted to Sassoon Hospital; senior officers are investigating the incident.

Why It Matters: Pune police injured a habitual offender in a retaliatory firing after he shot at them.