Cop dies after being hit by car he signalled to stop

BAREILLY: A sub-inspector (SI) died allegedly after being hit by a car he tried to intercept on the Bareilly-Nainital highway, police said on Tuesday.

Bareilly’s superintendent of police (rural) Raj Kumar Agarwal said the incident took place when SI Sanjay Singh, posted at Bhojipura police station, signalled a car to stop late Monday night. However, car driver virtually ran over him, leaving him injured, Agarwal said.

The cop was admitted to a private medical college where he died during treatment on Tuesday morning. Agarwal said

THE COP WAS ADMITTED TO A PRIVATE MEDICAL COLLEGE WHERE HE DIED DURING TREATMENT

efforts were on to identify the car with the help of CCTV cameras. The relatives of the deceased have been informed about the incident. Police said SI Singh, was in his early 40s and posted at Bhojipura police station from the police line 10 days ago. They said Singh, a 1998-batch sub-inspector, was a resident of Halimpur village in Bulandshahr district.