MP: ASI officer, who went to arrest wanted criminal, lynched to death in Chhindwara

Umreth police station ASI Dev Chand Nagle had gone to Jamunia Jethu village to arrest Johar Singh, against whom an arrest warrant had been issued.

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Chhindwara: An Assistant Sub-Inspector who had gone to arrest a wanted criminal was brutally done to death by a group of criminals and their supporters on Wednesday. The incident happened in Chhindwara district of Madhya Pradesh when ASI Devchandra Nagle on Wednesday. Another police constable named Anil Kumar had a narrow escape from the group. In the incident, a total of eight persons have been taken into custody in the case. Umreth police station ASI Dev Chand Nagle had gone to Jamunia Jethu village to arrest Johar Singh, against whom an arrest warrant had been issued. There a group of 8-10 persons armed with axes and batons attacked him on Tuesday night, Additional Superintendent of Police Neeraj Soni.