Tragic Killing of Young Delhi Police Constable by Drunk Criminals | Delhi News – Times of India

The patrol cop, Kiranpal Singh (left) was killed by three criminals in south Delhi’s Govindpuri early on Saturday

NEW DELHI: A young Delhi Police constable was killed by three criminals in south Delhi’s Govindpuri early on Saturday. The patrol cop, Kiranpal Singh, 28, spotted the suspects and questioned them. He asked for their identity documents and wanted to check a phone they were trying to hide. The drunk men attacked him and stabbed him twice, once in the lungs and then near the abdomen, before fleeing. The cop bled to death.
The Crime Branch and local police arrested two of the accused, Deepak and Krish, on Saturday. The third suspect, Rocky, who first slashed out with the knife, is absconding, and a manhunt has been launched. Deepak sustained a gunshot wound when he resisted arrest. They used to engage in petty thefts and snatchings. Cops are verifying their past record.
Singh is the second on duty cop to be killed in the last two months. Earlier, a drunk man, alleged to be an illegal liquor supplier, killed a cop in Nangloi.
Saturday’s incident took place around 4.45am when head constable Singh was on his patrol duty in the Govindpuri area. “He was heading towards the police station when he noticed three men who were intoxicated. When confronted, they started misbehaving with the cop, and a scuffle ensued,” an office said on Saturday. The suspects fled the scene after stabbing the cop.
Ravi Kumar Singh, DCP (Southeast), said that at 5am, when Singh did not return to the police station, another constable, Sunil, tried to contact him on phone two or three times. However, he received no response. Sunil went out to search for him and found Singh lying unconscious on the roadside, near the entrance of Street Number 13 at Sant Ravidas Marg. He was rushed to the hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival.

The cops launched a manhunt and analysed the footage in which one of the suspects was seen running. They traced the location of one of the accused, Deepak, 21, to his residence in DDA flats in Govindpuri. A team led by DCP (Crime) Sanjay Sain went to apprehend him. “As soon as they reached the staircase of the building, Deepak, who was hiding in the bathroom, fired at the cops. We retaliated, and he was shot in the leg,” an officer claimed.
While the district police arrested another accused, identified as Krish, 18, the hunt is on for the third suspect, Raghav alias Rocky. Krish is a Class XII student, and his father is a driver, whereas Deepak has studied up to Class X.
“During interrogation, the accused claimed that they went to a friend’s birthday party and had an argument with someone there before leaving. They were roaming in the area for two hours and were later heading to a tea stall in Govindpuri when they ran into the cop.”
The cops are verifying the past record of the men, but said they were petty snatchers and robbers. While scanning the social media profile of one of the accused, the cops also recovered pictures in which he posed with a knife.
The area where the mur- der took place is a busy market area on Street Number 13, with both residential units and commercial shops. Area residents claim that drugs are sold and public drinking is also a menace. At night, drunkards create a nuisance, and if someone objects, brawls break out. The area has multiple encroachments. Residents also claimed that thefts are common in the area, people consume liquor in the park and take drugs because there is no patrolling. They were shocked that the incident happened barely 200 metres from a police booth.