A police constable was killed at Hazaribagh police line on Wednesday evening. It was told that an Assembly team had come to Hazaribagh during the day on Wednesday, and the constable was engaged in it’s duty. After completing his duty, the constable was sitting on the platform of the ground near the magazine house, counting the cartridges and cleaning the magazine before depositing the weapon in the magazine house. It is feared that a bullet was fired in this sequence and the bullet went to his forehead, due to which he died on the spot.
Late in the night he was taken to the hospital where he was declared dead. The process of post-mortem was completed at Sheikh Bhikhari Medical College Hospital. After the post-mortem, tribute was paid to him in the police lines.
The deceased constable was Ram Kumar Mahato, a resident of Hunterganj in Chatra district. He was a constable of police number (288)2008 batch. He was posted in Police Lines. His age is said to be 54 years.
The deceased constable has 3 sons and a daughter. There is desperation in the police line regarding this incident. Hazaribagh Superintendent of Police Manoj Ratan Chauthe, Sergeant Major Ajit Kumar Choubey, State President of Police Men’s Association, Rakesh Pandey. , State Vice President Karan Singh and other police personnel gave tributes to the constable.
SP Manoj Ratan Chauthe said that the process of compensation to the dependents etc will be completed soon as well as how the bullet was fired will be investigated.