ASI stabbed: In a shocking incident, a Delhi Police inspector succumbed to his injuries after he was brutally stabbed multiple times by a chain snatcher on a busy city road. According to reports, ASI Shambhu Dayal was attacked by one Anish Raj when he arrested him suspecting him to be a mobile thief.
On January 4, ASI Shambhu Dayal was taking the thief to the police station when he was stabbed in West Delhi’s Mayapuri around 4 pm. He was admitted to BLK Hospital but died during treatment.
Police said, on January 4, ASI Shambhu Dayal reached Mayapuri area after receiving a tip-off that someone had snatched a mobile phone from a person in Mayapuri Phase-I slum. Following the search, he arrested accused Anish Raj.
"As soon as the ASI took the accused out of the slums to the industrial area, Anees took out a knife from his pocket and started stabbing Shambhu Dayal," police said.
"Anees even tried to escape and take shelter in a nearby paint factory. However, he was later arrested," it added.
