A Delhi Police constable of Rohini district was robbed of his service pistol and was dragged for a few metres by a car in Rohini's Sector-20 while he was chasing a murder accused. However, the police later arrested the accused person and two of his accomplices and recovered the service weapon from his possession.

"Murder accused, Sonu Dabas, a moneylender, and his accomplice Ashok were arrested while a juvenile, who accompanied them, was apprehended in connection with the incident," a senior police official said.

The constable, Kavinder, was on patrolling duty on the intervening night of Saturday-Sunday when the incident took place, police said.

It has been revealed that Sonu Dabas and two of his gang members were conducting a recce to exact revenge on one Sanjay Rana with whom they had some dispute.

 Constables Kavinder and Rajesh, posted at Aman Vihar police station, were on patrol in Sector 20 in Rohini when they received an information about the presence of three persons, one of them was a murder accused, who were seen driving around in a car in the area.

Kavinder and Rajesh identified the car after some time and were approaching it when the suspects noticed them and tried to escape. Two constables gave them a chase. Meanwhile, the  took a U-turn and came towards them. Kavinder took out his pistol and signalled the suspects to stop the vehicle but the driver, identified as Lala, a local, tried to hit him, DCP Rohini. SD Mishra said.

In his bid to stop the occupants of the car from escaping, Kavinder jumped aside and hit the window pane of the car and  in the process broke the glass. One of the car occupants caught hold of Kavinder's hand.  As the constable tried to cling to the car, they dragged him for some distances and snatched his pistol before releasing his hand. The constable sustained a cut on his hand, the DCP said.

A police team raided village in Rasoolpur and arrested Dabad while his accomplice, Ashok was arrested from Pooth Kalan village, the DCP addded.

 The car used by the accused was recovered along with the robbed pistol and loaded bullets, the officer added. The third accused, a minor working in the office of Dabas, was also apprehended, the officer said.

Dabas was arrested with two of his associates in 2010 allegedly for killing one Rahul, a resident of Kanjhawala. Rahul was killed allegedly after he failed to pay Rs 10,000 that he had borrowed from Dabas, the police said. The other accused, Ashok, has previous cases registered against him under the Excise Act and in connection with an accident, they added.