India, May 27 -- A 28-year-old police constable from Gautam Budh Nagar was shot dead late Sunday night during a raid by a seven-member police team in Ghaziabad's Nahal village to arrest a suspect in a case of theft of car parts, officials said on Monday.

Gautam Budh Nagar police, in their first information report (FIR), stated that their team was "surrounded" by a mob late that opened "indiscriminate fire" on them at around 11pm on Sunday as they were taking the accused into custody.

Hours later on Monday evening, Ghaziabad police arrested two suspects after a brief encounter in connection with Sunday night's attack. By late Monday night, two more suspects, Nahal residents Abdul Khaliq and Mushahid, were apprehended, police said.

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