India, May 26 -- A police constable was allegedly shot dead while another was injured late Sunday during a raid to arrest a suspect staying in Ghaziabad's Nahal village.

Ghaziabad police officials said that the incident happened around 11pm on Sunday when a team from the Phase 3 police station from Gautam Budh Nagar was taking along suspect Qadir (single name). A mob attacked the police team and also opened rounds of fire.

"We received information from the Gautam Budh Nagar police about the firing incident and that constable Saurabh Kumar, aged about 26, had sustained a gunshot injury, and he was taken by his team to a hospital in Ghaziabad. There, he was declared dead by doctors. They had come for arrest of suspect Qadir who was wanted...