Faridabad cop killed in gunfight with robbers in Haridwar

A police official, requesting anonymity, said, “Police got hold of the four accused from the location, but during the process of arrest, one of the accused, identified as Anshul, pulled out a gun from his socks and fired at the police in a bid to escape. A bullet hit constable Sandeep. He was rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment, where he succumbed to injuries.”

“The police also fired in retaliation and the accused sustained a bullet wound in his hand. All four have been arrested,” said Singh.

Police sources said the crime branch officials had not informed the local police about their raid.

Sources said Anshul, a native of district Ballia in UP, scaled a nine-foot high wall and escaped. Following the incident, the local police officials from Haridwar and Faridabad crime branch officials cordoned off the area and launched a search operation to arrest the fourth accused.