Noida Constable Shot Dead As Mob Attacks UP Police Team In Ghaziabad

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Last Updated:May 26, 2025, 15:56 IST

The 2016-batch policeman was a native of Shamli and was posted at Phase-III Police Station.

Police personnel stand guard after a constable who was shot dead by miscreants during a raid at Nahal village, in Ghaziabad district, Monday, May 26, 2025. (PTI)

Police personnel stand guard after a constable who was shot dead by miscreants during a raid at Nahal village, in Ghaziabad district, Monday, May 26, 2025. (PTI)

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 said on Monday.

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 to the head. He was rushed to Yashoda Hospital, where doctors declared him dead, the DCP said.

The 2016-batch policeman was a native of Shamli and was posted at Phase-III Police Station.

“His death has caused a huge loss to the police department," a spokesperson of the Gautam Buddha Nagar Commissionerate said.

Sub-inspectors Sachin Rathi, Udit Singh, Sumit, and Nikhil were injured in the attack, he said.

Meanwhile, Gautam Buddh Nagar Commissioner Laxmi Singh announced Rs 1 Lakh in compensation to Deshwal’s kin from her salary. Also, each police personnel in the district will contribute their day’s salary in assistance to their family, the police chief said.

Qadir, who had escaped in the commotion, was later nabbed and is currently in custody.

He has 16 criminal cases filed against him and is a history-sheeter of Thana Masoori, the spokesperson said.

Police are on the lookout for Adil, a brother of Qadir, and several others involved in the attack.

(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed - PTI)
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