Cop stabbed in Delhi

New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) A Delhi Police personnel, who went to nab an accused involved in a stabbing incident, was attacked and knifed by the same accused, an official said on Monday.The accused was identified as Virender alias Kala Badal of Jharera Village, a bad character of Delhi Cantt. police station.The incident took place late Sunday when Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Sanjeev and Head Constable Praveen raided the premises of the accused."It is at that time accused Virender attacked HC Praveen with a knife and stabbed him," Deputy Commissioner of Police (north) Sagar Singh Kalsi said.The ASI, who was along with the constable, fired a shot in self-defence that hit the accused on his right leg.Both the constable and the accused were shifted to a nearby hospital where their condition is said to be stable.The accused Kala Badal had on Sunday stabbed a 22-year-old man named Sunil, working as a Delhi Jal Board driver."When Sunil was loading malba (waste), two boys later identified as Brijesh and Kala Badal, assisted possibly by a third, entered into an argument over road blockage," Kalsi said, adding that Kala Badal then stabbed Sunil on the upper right chest and fled from the spot.Now the police have registered a case against accused Badal under sections 186, 353, 332, 307 and 34 of the IPC.The second person, who was involved in the stabbing incident, is still at large.
--IANS uj/dpb

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