ELURU : K. Venugopal Rao, a police constable, was critically injured in an attack by a three-member gang of Bangladeshi nationals at Tadepalligudem in West Godavari district on Tuesday.

The constable was taken to hospital in Vijayawada where he was in coma.

The constable was attacked when he tried to foil the attempts of the gang to rob the local head post office.

One of the gang members -- Md. Babu Shaik -- was caught and thrashed by the public while the other two --Alam and Kalu -- managed to escape. The police recovered a passport issued by the Bangladesh Government from Shaik.

According to the police, the gang entered India from Bangladesh on November 29.

The gang was said to have recced the post office premises the previous day and even purchased tools like crowbars, blades and hammer in a hardware shop to execute their operation.

Two members of the gang were preparing the ground to strike the post office while the other stood guard a few yards away.

When the constable, who noticed the miscreants, tried to pounce on them, the latter attacked him. Shaik was said to have informed the police that the gang was frequenting Chennai for committing offences.

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