Sonipat murder of 2 cops: One arrested, another accused killed

Chandigarh(CH): An charged wanted in connection with the killing of 2 policemen in Haryana(HR)’s Sonipat dist. has been died in retaliatory action when a police tandem that had gone to Jind dist. to nab him & his own accomplices has been assaulted by them, police officer said on Wed..

The charged, detected as Amit, had 6 (or) 7 offender instances over him, a police officer said.

The other charged, detected as Sandeep, who has been also wanted in connection with the killing of the 2 personnel, has been detained by this police.

The officer said Amit assaulted the police tandem when the policemen attempted to nab him on Tue. in the evening, however has been critically injured in retaliatory fire from that police & ceded to his own wounds in hospital (3).

4 policemen involving 2 inspectors who have been part of the police party have been wounded within the attack & were hospitalised, the officer said.

“Furthermore interrogations have been under progress,” a police officer said.

Within the early hours of Tue., 2 policemen — Special Police Official (SPO) Kaptan Singh & Constable Ravinder — who have been on a night patrol have been identified murdered in Haryana(HR)’s Sonipat dist.. Their own bodies have been identified on the Gohana-Jind road near Butana, police officer said.

The police tandem, that approached the location after getting info, identified the bodies cunning in a pool of blood with several wounds, authorities had stated.

Some of the soda & water bottles have been recovered from nearby offence scene, a police officer in Sonipat had stated.

DGP Manoj Yadava stated it has been possible that the policemen have been assaulted when they had come across some of the citizens who have been in a people place throughout curfew hours & questioned them.

A night curfew is now in enforce for the last multiple weeks in Haryana(HR) in the context of the COVID-19 lock-down.

DGP Yadava had previously stated they’d formed 8 groups to solve the complaint & ensured strict action over those behind the killing of the policemen.

Terming the incident as unfortunate, the DGP had stated the overall police enforce is functioning tirelessly to service humanity within the COVID-19 status.