‘ Gangsters’ gun down two cops in Rajasthan

Sikar/ Jaipur, Oct. 7: An inspector and a constable were allegedly shot dead by “gangsters” in an SUV who opened fire on a police team chasing them in a private vehicle at Beswa village under Fatehpur police station in Sikar district, an official said Sunday.

A massive manhunt was launched to catch the killers following which one of the suspects was detained and being interrogated, inspector- general of police V. K. Singh said.

Director- general of police O. P. Galhotra directed the IGP to constitute special teams and to arrest the accused at the earliest.

The incident occurred late Saturday night when Fatehpur police station SHO Mukesh Kanungo and constable Ram Prakash, acting on a tip off, set up barricades near Beswa village to apprehend “gangster” Ajay Chaudhary and his aides, said V. K. Singh.

Mr Singh said as Chaudhary and his aides reached the spot in a sports utility vehicle, the police team signalled them to stop, but they sped past after slowing down momentarily, prompting the policemen to start a chase.

“The policemen, in civil dress, chased the gangsters in a private vehicle when Chaudhary and four of his associates stopped their vehicle and opened fire,” Mr Singh said.

In the firing, Kanungo was hit in the neck and the constable on the chest, said the official, adding both succumbed to the injuries before they could be rushed to a hospital.

The IG said one of the accused “named in the FIR” lodged after the incident was detained and being interrogated.