‘This is my job, how can I help it?’, says Delhi Police constable stabbed with another cop while chasing ‘offender’

Since the area was crowded, they decided to pursue the man on foot instead of on their motorcycle, the Head Constable added. According to the police, the alleged habitual offender, Ravi, was planning to conduct an armed robbery in the area. When the policemen spotted Ravi, he allegedly began to run to escape arrest. “Before we could react, he pulled out a knife and hit my partner,” he added.

“I felt him hit me too, but I didn’t realise he had stabbed me. We continued to chase him and caught him just as he was pulling out a katta (countrymade gun). By that time, we had informed the thana, and they came as backup within a few minutes. It was only when a bystander pointed it out after we made the arrest that I realised I was bleeding,” he said.

Soon after the incident, both the policemen were rushed to Maharishi Valmiki Hospital nearby. Constable Neeraj was stabbed three times; however, his uniform belt bore the brunt of two blows while the third punctured his hip. Kuldeep suffered two deep stab wounds near his armpit and on his back. While receiving treatment, he said he refused to let his colleagues inform his family about what had happened.

“My mother is frail, and my wife is alone at home with two of our children. The news would have been delivered to the house late at night. To hear that I had been stabbed would have caused them to panic. For us, it’s a daily occurrence, but for them, it would have been a very big deal,” he said.

Kuldeep was on his way home after being discharged when The Indian Express spoke to him. “They will get to know now, once I get home. I’ll see all their reactions… bear my wife’s anger for not telling her…” he said.

According to the police, Ravi has an extensive criminal history, with his first case going back to 2015, and has 12 cases registered against him. He has mostly been charged with robberies, carrying unlicensed arms, snatching, and house break-ins, officers added. Police said that Ravi had been working as an e-rickshaw driver before he was arrested for allegedly stabbing the constables.