3 arrested for killing police constable

Three persons were arrested in connection with the killing of constable Anand Singh, who was chasing them as they were fleeing after snatching money and mobile phone from a woman vendor in outer Delhi last week, police said today.
In the operation that ended early this morning, Special Cell sleuths arrested, Sumit Thakran, Rahul and Sunil, all in their early twenties, from separate areas of the city, Arvind Deep, Special Commissioner of Police (Special Cell), said.
On the night of August 19, Singh (49), who was posted at Sector five police chowki in Shahabad, had chased the three miscreants in Sector five of Industrial Area Bawana and caught two of them with the help of a local vendor, he said.

The third then fired thrice at him of which one hit bullet him on the chest. The constable was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead, the officer said.
He was shot in the chest by Sumit. After this, the trio left Delhi and had taken shelter at various places in Haryana particularly in Sonipat district, sources said.
Criminal cases including robbery were registered against them at Shahabad, Kanjhawala and Begumpur police stations in the area, police said.

Upon questioning a number of persons, the Special Cell team came to know that Sumit was to return to Delhi. He was caught around 8 PM yesterday near Sarvodaya Girls School on main Bawana Road and a sophisticated pistol was seized from him, the police officer said.

During interrogation he gave the names of his accomplices. A raid late in that night led to the arrest of another accused Rahul from Daryapur Kalan Village. A stolen motorcycle they used on the night of killing the constable was seized from him.
In the wee hours, the third accused Sunil was arrested and the cell phone robbed from the woman vendor was recovered, the Special Commissioner of Police said, adding Sunil was also involved in an attempt to murder of a juvenile in March last year.
Delhi Police deployed various teams of district police as well as Special Cell and Crime Branch for the earliest arrest of the accused.

In the week-long probe, police did ground verification of more than 136 criminals in the age group of 18-21 years, studied eighty dossiers of active criminals and details of 150 recently released criminals, besides scanning 100 CCTV camera footages, Arvind Deep said.