Constable shot by gangster in Agra

On Wednesday night, the police team led by the SO had gone to Bamrauli Ahir village to look into a complaint filed by locals against gangster Lakhan Singh Yadav, who was released from the jail last week. The locals had alleged that the gangster was issuing them life threats.

As the police jeep arrived outside Lakhan’s house, the latter along with his associates started pelting them with stones. Before the policemen could react, the gangster fired at them. A bullet hit constable Pradeep Kumar’s chest.

While the criminals escaped, the constable was taken to a hospital where he was declared brought dead, the police said.
Constable Pradeep (27) belonged to Etah district and was posted at Malpura police station a few months ago. He had joined the service in 2009.