Demanding immediate arrest of the accused, various organizations, including the Haryana PWD workers' union and school teacher association took out a march in Tauru town of Nuh district in Haryana on Wednesday over the killing of a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Surendra Singh investigating illegal stone-mining.
Tauru DSP Singh had signalled a truck to stop. As the officer approached the truck to check documents, it ran over him. His gunman and driver jumped aside to safety. He was rushed to a hospital where doctors declared him dead. Shops, Schools were also shut down in the town. Public transport vehicles were seen plying but there were very few people on the roads.
Demanding immediate arrest of the accused and stern action against them, the protesters marched up to Sub-Divisional Magistrate Surender Pal's office and submitted a memorandum to him. Hours after the DSP's death, police said the truck cleaner was arrested after being shot at and injured during an encounter with them. Police sources said that the investigating team raided the house of the truck driver Mittar, the main accused, who is absconding but found that his family had already fled.
A senior investigation officer of the Nuh crime unit said, "We raided Mittar's house but found his house locked. All of his family members are also absconding while the accused has switched off his mobile phone". Police said they have been carrying out raids to nab him.
The last rites of the Haryana police officer will be performed in Sarangpur, his native village, in Hisar district on Thursday. Singh's son is in Canada for higher education and will reach Wednesday night. Singh's last rites will be performed in Sarangpur on Thursday, his elder brother Dr Makhan Singh, a retired principal from a government College in Hisar, said. Ashok Kumar Bishnoi, Singh's younger brother, who lives in Kurukshetra, on Tuesday said their entire family went into a state of shock when they got to know about the incident and has been in disbelief since. Singh is survived by his wife, a married daughter, and a son, according to Bishnoi. His daughter is an officer in a bank in Bengaluru.