Haryana DSP killing: Accused threatened to shoot cops, deliberately drove towards them, say police
India Today
A deputy superintendent of police was killed by the mining mafia in Haryana’s Nuh district on Tuesday.
A deputy superintendent of police, who was investigating illegal stone-mining, was killed on Tuesday when a truck he signalled to stop in Haryana’s Nuh district drove into him. Tauru DSP Surendra Singh was rushed to hospital where doctors declared him dead.
Following the incident, an FIR was registered and police launched a manhunt to nab the accused.
The DSP had gone to Pachgaon near Tauru to conduct raids against illegal mining in Aravalli hills when he spotted the truck at 11:50 am.
According to the FIR registered later, the policemen chased the truck in their own vehicle as it drove into a hilly patch, its driver ignoring their signal to stop. But the truck got stuck. The crew then began dumping the stones it was carrying to avoid being ‘challaned’.
The FIR mentioned that when the DSP and his colleagues approached the truck on foot, driver Mittar and cleaner Ikkar allegedly brandished country-made weapons and then deliberately drove towards them.
“As the dumper started, we jumped out of the way but DSP Surendra sir was hit and they fled”, ASI Kumar said in the FIR.
The FIR stated that HR-74A was written on the number plate in front of the dumper, while the rest of the number was missing.
