New Delhi: A police constable was stabbed to death by juvenile inmates in Bihar’s Chapra on Saturday, news agency ANI reported.
“A police security personnel was killed after being stabbed with a knife. Investigation underway,” ANI quoted Vikas Kumar, DIG Saran, as saying.
This comes days after an assistant sub-inspector of Delhi Police died after being stabbed multiple times by a person he arrested for snatching a mobile phone in Mayapuri area.
The accused, identified as Anish, was nabbed and on the way to the police station, he tried to flee. However, he failed after which he took out a knife and stabbed Dayal multiple times on his neck, chest, stomach and back, a police official said, according to PTI.
A few passersby happened to record the incident and shared it on the social media.
In the video posted by @UtkarshMishra_9 on the micro-blogging site Twitter, one can see the snatcher trying to flee from the clutches of the ASI but fails to do so, and starts to stab the officer.
As soon as the news reached the Mayapuri police station, a staffer rushed to the spot and overpowered the snatcher. The accused was later placed under arrest while ASI Dayal was rushed to a hospital, reported PTI
Deputy Commissioner of Police (west) Ghanshyam Bansal said ASI Dayal did not let the accused flee. He fought for his life for four days but succumbed to his injuries on Sunday morning.
Dayal (57), a native of Sikar district in Rajasthan, is survived by his wife, a son and two daughters.