The Delhi police spotted Nitin, alias Sonu (24), and Salman when they were allegely attempting a burglary in the Prashant Vihar area of Rohini early yesterday.
The police said Sonu opened fire at the police party and in retaliation, the police fired at him. Salman managed to flee, but Sonu fell when he was hit by five bullets.
He had bullet injuries on his leg, lower back and arms.
Sonu was taken to a hospital where four policemen of the Prashant Vihar police station donated blood to save his life. But Sonu died last night, DCP (Rohini) Rishi Pal said.
Pal said that the policemen told him that while firing at the suspect was a part of their duty, donating blood was a "humanitarian duty".
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