Ghaziabad/Noida, May 27 -- A 28-year-old constable part of a Noida police team out to catch a wanted criminal in Ghaziabad was shot dead by his associates, police on Monday said.
The incident took place in Masoorie area's Nahal village late Sunday night, when the team raided a location looking for Qadir, wanted in a case of robbery registered in Noida's Phase-III Police Station.
When the team was taking Qadir away, his associates hiding near a panchayat bhavan fired gunshots, pelted them with stones, and launched an attack on them with deadly weapons, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Rural) Surendra Nath Tiwari said.
In the attack, Constable Saurabh Kumar Deshwal received a gunshot in the head. He was rushed to Yashoda Hospital, where doct...