Attacker shoots dead police officer, injures passerby in Delhi
New Delhi: An assailant shot dead an Assistant Sub-Inspector of Indian police and injured a passerby in Delhi.
According to Kashmir Media Service, a 44-year-old man, on a shooting spree on a busy flyover in northeast Delhi, shot dead an ASI of Special Branch of the Delhi Police, while another passerby sustained a bullet injury today, an official said.
He said that the assailant then shot himself dead following the incident.
The deceased ASI has been identified as Dinesh Sharma while the injured identified as Amit Kumar is undergoing treatment at a hospital.
ASI Sharma was travelling on his motorcycle when the incident occurred on Meet Nagar Flyover.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (northeast) Joy Tirkey said that the accused, Mukesh, who shot both Sharma and Kumar, forcibly sat in an auto-rickshaw and when the auto-rickshaw driver resisted, he fired at the driver, who managed to escape without injury.
“Thereafter, it seems that Mukesh shot himself in the head while sitting on the rear passenger seat of the auto-rickshaw”, said the DCP, adding, “The reason behind the murder is yet to be ascertained and a case of murder and attempt to murder has been registered”.
