Kafeelahmed alias Javed was shot and injured in the left leg.

ONE OF the three persons accused in the Rs25.65 crore Heroin and MD drug racket busted by the Crime Branches of Ahmedabad and Surat City Police teams earlier this week on Monday suffered a gunshot wound to the left leg in an alleged scuffle with police personnel taking him for a medical test that is mandatory after an arrest.

Kafeelahmed alias Javed (59), was on Monday around 4:30 pm, shot and injured in the left leg inside a police vehicle near Ellisbridge on the eastern side of the Sabarmati Riverfront, while being taken for a routine medical test to V S Hospital by a team of the Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) team led by Sub-Inspector (SI) A R Rawal, said a statement by DCP (Crime) Ajit Rajian.

DCP Rajian said that while the Crime Branch team led by SI Rawal were heading to VS hospital for the medical test, the accused engaged in a scuffle with the officer, leading to a service weapon being discharged inside the weapon and hitting the…