NEW DELHI: In another brazen attack on a man in uniform, a Delhi Police head constable was stabbed by a criminal in northeast Delhi’s New Usmanpur on Saturday. The attack came a week after a constable was stabbed to death in Govindpuri in southeast Delhi. While the assailant in the earlier case was later shot dead by the Special Cell, the accused in Saturday’s incident, Mohammed Adil, was shot in the leg and apprehended late the same day.
Head constable Azad Akhtar was on patrol when he received information about Adil hiding at Third Pushta Khadar. According to witnesses, Akhtar intercepted Adil in suspicious circumstances. Adil’s brother, Bawla, and three women accomplices arrived on the scene and thrashed Akhtar, even tearing his uniform. The known criminal then attacked Akhtar with a sharp weapon
Police rushed the head constable to hospital and started an investigation. “The cops received information about Adil hiding at Third Pushta Khadar and sent a team in pursuit,” an officer said. “Adil fired two shots at his pursuers. We retaliated in self-defence and a bullet hit the man on his right knee.” The injured criminal was taken to Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital for treatment.
A semi-automatic pistol and a cartridge were recovered from Adil’s possession. Police have initiated legal action against the accused, who has a long history of criminal activity, with 27 cases of attempted murder and robbery and cases under the Arms Act registered against him.
Last week, Delhi Police constable Kiranpal Singh was fatally stabbed by three individuals during a night patrol. Singh had stopped the trio who were riding a scooter and they attacked him first with stones and then stabbed him with a sharp object.
In response to the heinous crime, police launched a search operation, resulting in the arrest of Deepak Max and Krish Gupta though the main accused, Raghav alias Rocky, met a different fate. He was killed in a shoot-off after opening fire at the police team in Sangam Vihar. Despite being asked to surrender, Raghav had refused and instead opened fire.