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Delhi cop shot at, battered to death

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August 20, 2016

New Delhi, Aug 20: A Delhi Police constable was shot while trying to save a couple from being mugged by a group of criminals near Shahbad Dairy in outer Delhi on Friday night.

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The incident took place around 10pm when constable Anand was on patrol duty near the Bawana Industrial Area. He saw a group of men on a motorbike having a scuffle with the couple and tried to intervene. Seeing the policeman, the miscreants were about to flee but he managed to catch two of them. One of the miscreants then pulled out a country-made pistol and fired several rounds at the cop.

Police officers said that Anand was shot at a close range. Despite his injuries, he held on to the criminals. They picked up their helmets and bludgeoned the policeman until he collapsed. The miscreants fled the spot as the cop lay in a pool of blood.

In the meantime, locals had informed the police control room and Anand was rushed to a hospital where he was declared dead on arrival.

Officers said that bullets had pierced his abdomen, damaging his vital organs. The body has been sent to Mahabir Hospital for an autopsy.

The constable was posted with a police post at Sector 5 of Bawana Industrial Area. "We have registered a case of murder and are trying to identify the criminals," said Vikramjit Singh, DCP outer.

Prima facie investigations suggest that the criminals had also tried to snatch the service weapon from the constable during the scuffle. Cops suspect the role of local criminals.

Anand's family members have been informed about the incident and the body will be handed over to them after a state ceremony on Saturday. CCTV footage retrieved from the area is being scanned.

The police are also recording the statement of the couple to establish a sequence of events.

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Agencies
July 4,2020

The Crime Branch-Crime Investigation Department (CBCID) of Tamil Nadu Police has arrested suspended constable Muthuraj.

Wanted in the Tuticorin custodial deaths of P Jeyaraj and his son J Bennicks, Muthuraj was arrested on late Friday.

Muthuraj was later remanded to the judicial custody till July 17.

Jeyaraj and Bennicks had been booked for not closing their mobile shop in time on June 19 by the Sathankulam police. They were sent to judicial custody and lodged in the Kovilpatti jail on June 21.

Jeyaraj died on June 22 night and Bennicks on June 23 morning in judicial custody, allegedly due to the police torture.

The Madras High Court while hearing the case had said there was prima facie evidence to register a murder case against the Sathankulam police officials.

The court also transferred the probe into the deaths of Jeyaraj and Bennicks to the CBCID to gather and protect the evidence till the case is handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

It has also initiated criminal contempt cases against three police officials -- Additional Superintendent of Police Kumar, Deputy Superintendent of Police Prathapan and constable Maharajan -- for their behaviour at the Sathankulam police station in front of Kovilpatti Judicial Magistrate MS Bharathidasan who had gone for an inquiry.

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April 9,2020

Gonda, Apr 9: A man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling of his room as he was missing his wife stuck at her parents' place due to the lockdown, police said.

The incident took place in Radha Kund locality here on Wednesday, they said, adding the deceased has been identified as Rakesh Soni, 32.

As per information, Soni's wife had gone to her parents' place and was stuck there due to the lockdown and he was missing her due to which he committed suicide, Inspector Alok Rao said.

A probe is on in the mater, he said.

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March 3,2020

Panipat, Mar 3: A 22-year-old man was charred to death after he came in contact with a live electricity wire while posing for a TikTok video near the Matlaudha railway station here, police said on Tuesday.

The incident took place on Monday evening when Vikas, a resident of Dharamgarh village, climbed a pole over which the wire was passing and posed for the video, police said.

His three friends were standing below when the accident took place.

Vikas came in contact with the wire carrying 25,000 volts current and was burnt, police said.

Police have sent the body for a post-mortem and started investigation into the matter.

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