Hours after murdering 2 cops, accused killed in encounter in Sonepat

Tribune News Service
Panipat, June 30

Two police personnel were killed by unidentified persons near Butana in Gohana of Sonepat district in the wee hours on Tuesday while they were on patrol and by the evening, a police party shot dead one of the assailants in an encounter.

The bodies were found lying in a pool of blood on the road near a closed building of the Haryali centre, approximately 500 metres from the Butana police post.

The deceased were identified as a Special Police Officer (SPO) Kaptan Singh (42) of Kalawati village and Constable Ravinder (25) of Budhakhera village in Jind district. The duo was posted at the Butana police post.

They went on patrol duty on a motorcycle at midnight and their bodies were found at 5.30 am. Passersby found their bodies in the morning and informed the police following which a team immediately rushed to the spot and informed the higher-ups.

Sandeep Khirwar, ADGP, Rohtak range, and SP Jashandeep Singh Randhawa reached the spot to probe the incident.

The ADGP said it was a very shocking incident and the department’s first priority was to nab the accused and provide justice to the bereaved family members.

Director General of Police Manoj Yadava also visited the spot and reviewed the probe by the police teams. He directed the officers to solve the case at the earliest.

Meanwhile, Randhawa said both policemen had stab wounds on their chest and neck.

Soon, a joint team of the CIA-2 and the cyber cell of the district police, after getting some clues about the accused who reportedly murdered the police personnel in Butana, conducted raids on the Rohtak road in Jind in the evening, the SP said.

As the team tried to nab the accused, identified as Amit of Bhiwani Chungi in Jind, he attacked the police team with a sharp-edged weapon and injured two Inspectors — Prashant, cyber cell incharge, and Anil, CIA-2 incharge — along with two other police officials, the SP added. They were admitted to the general hospital in Jind, he said.

In retaliation, the police team opened fire in self-defence and neutralised the assailant, he added.

The SP said, “We’ve received some vital clues about the rest of the accused and the teams are on the job to nab them at the earliest.”