Constable shot dead in Shahdara

According to police, Shivraj was on duty when he was shot dead.

By: Express News Service
New Delhi | July 15, 2014 12:46 AM IST

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A 44-year-old constable posted at Jaffarabad police station in Northeast Delhi was shot dead by unidentified men in Jyoti Nagar area, Shahdara, on Monday.

According to police, Shivraj was on duty when he was shot dead. “A team from the police station, including the constable, was trying to track down a criminal and were gathering information about his whereabouts when he was shot from close range,” a police officer said.

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Shivraj was rushed to GTB hospital. He was declared dead on arrival. According to doctors, he died of excessive loss of blood.

Police have registered a case of murder at Shahdara police station. “We suspect an accomplice of the criminal they were trying to track down killed Shivraj. A team of police officers questioned people in the neighbourhood where Shivraj was killed. We hope to crack the case soon,” the officer said.