<![CDATA[As the Bellandur police set off in pursuit of two alleged sexual offenders in the wee hours of Monday,a car chase, a stabbing and a shootout followed . At the end of it, a police constable was stabbed while the two accused namely Shankar and Selva Kumar were shot in the legs. Shankar and Selva Kumar are from Dharmapuri in Tamil Nadu. They are accused of sexually assaulting a teacher on March 18. Around 4 a.m. on Monday, they were spotted traveling in an car on Sarjapura Road. The police made a chase and caught up with them near the BMTC quarters at Kodathi in Bellandur. Despite warnings, the accused got down from the car and stabbed a constable, Mahantesh, the police told. As they tried to escape, police fired two rounds at the duo. The operation was led by Inspector Victor Simon from Bellandur police station and Sub-Inspector Somashekar from Whitefield police station. On March 18, the accused had forcefully dragged a teacher walking on Kasavanahalli road into their car and allegedly sexually assaulted her. The woman was able to escape from the moving car. She was later admitted to a hospital for treatment of her injuries.]]>
