An inspector of Chandigarh traffic police was stabbed to death by a youth in the wee hours of Saturday and another constable was seriously injured.
Inspector Sucha Singh succumbed to the injuries at the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) on Saturday morning.
The incident took place at around 3 am a few meters away from Chandigarh, Sector 17 police station, when Inspector Sucha Singh who was in a police Gypsy during night patrolling, stopped a boy and girl near District Court Complex of Sector-17 to question them.
After the couple failed to give reasonable answers, Singh and another constable decided to take them to a nearby police station when the boy attacked him and constable with a sharp-edged weapon, leaving both of them profusely bleeding. The couple then threw both the officials out of the vehicle and escaped from the crime spot in the official vehicle of Police which was later found near Dhanas village on the outskirts of the union territory of Chandigarh.
While talking to the mediapersons, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Naunihal Singh said “A boy along with women accomplice on Saturday early morning allegedly attacked Sucha Singh when he questioned him for their suspicious movement near District Court Complex of Sector-17.”
No arrest in the case has taken place as yet, he said.
Inspector Sucha Singh, who sustained multiple stab injuries, died at PGIMER during treatment while Jatinder Singh, a police constable was in a critical condition, SSP added.
SSP said that a Special Investigation Team (SIT) under a DSP rank officer is constituted to investigate the case, while a case was registered and a hunt is launched to arrest the accused.
“As per the information, the accused couple after leaving the vehicle in Dhanas, escaped into the forest area adjoining to Dhanas. However, police teams have not been able to find any clue of the accused,” SSP added.
Meanwhile, a senior police official said that we are treating the dismissed Constable of Chandigarh police, Basant Kumar alias Bunty as a
possible suspect in the case, who is wanted for a murder case in Haryana.