Five Cops hurt during mock drill in Telangana

Five constables working in the elite OCTOPUS (Organisation for Counter Terrorist Operations) wing of Telangana State met with an accident on Tuesday while doing a mock drill at Adibatla

HYDERABAD: Five constables working in the elite OCTOPUS (Organisation for Counter Terrorist Operations) wing of Telangana State met with an accident on Tuesday while doing a mock drill at Adibatla in city outskirts. While one constable is in critical condition, other four are reportedly out of danger. It is learnt that constables travelling in the car were performing a role-play as ‘terrorists’.

According to Adibatla police, the OCTOPUS teams were performing a mock drill. A team was assigned the role of terrorists escaping in a car (TS 09 P 8915) and another team was chasing them in a bus. After travelling some distance, the bus overtook the car and stopped in front of it.

The car which was on a high speed went out of the driver’s control and rammed the bus from rear, injuring the policemen. The policemen were immediately rushed to Kamineni Hospital in LB Nagar. Ramavath Lakpathi, who was driving the car, had to undergo a surgery and is critical. “The impact of the collision was high, but policemen in the bus escaped unhurt,” said Adibatla inspector Govinda Reddy.

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