JIND: Haryana Director General of Police, K P Singh, in a controversial statement on Thursday said that anyone who insults a woman or tries to kill a person, then common man has the right to take that criminal's life.

Singh, who is an IPS officer of 1985 batch, said that if someone sets ablazes a house or tries to kill someone, then the law gives you the right to kill the criminal.

The DGP further said, "Police is already there, but you need to understand your role as a common man. If you are not competent enough to play this role then it comes in the definition of cowardice."