Dr B Thomas (Special correspondent)
The Siddapura police have arrested a 44-year-old Nigerian national for assaulting a police party when they raided his cafe to recover drugs at OMBR Layout in Chikka Banaswadi on Saturday.
The accused has been identified as Elvis Kayine. also injured during the scuffle and later treated at Jayanagar General hospital before he was arrested.
The accused was running African cafe situated close to CMR Law college where a team of police led by,PSI,Mohan Murali along with staff raided the cafe based on specific information that drugs being sold at the cafe.
There are many foreign nationals who attacked the police as soon as they entered .
The police resisted the attack and detained Elvis and recovered 12 grams of MDMA from his possession .
While the police tried to escort him Elvis attacked the police team with liquor bottle in the melee three constables including Kiran,Venkatesh Murthy and Punith Kumar, injured .
One of the policeman phone was also went missing in the melee. However passers-by who heard the commotion rushed into the cafe and rescued the police and helped them to arrest Elvis.
The entire attack was recorded on the mobile phone by one of the person who helped the police.
The injured policemen are later treated at the hospital along with elvis and further investigating to ascertain the source of drugs.
The accused did not have any travel documents , the police said .
The accused has been arrested under NDPS act and also under various section of Foreigners Act and further investigation is on.
