NEW DELHI: Delhi Police needs to re-think about their men's safety after the recent incidents of cops being targeted seems to have become a routine. Two incidents have been reported from south Delhi in the last one week where police officers have been targeted.
In the first incident, a cop was injured in Vasant Vihar last week when he tried to stop a biker during a routine check. The accused youth reportedly stepped on the gas and rammed into the cop and fled away.
According to the FIR, the victim cop, identified as constable Shamsher Singh, was posted at a picket in Paschimi Marg along with two other constables."We were checking vehicles coming from Outer Ring Road into Vasant Vihar when around 6.45pm I saw a scooterist coming at a high speed. I signalled him to stop but he did not pay heed and instead stepped on the gas," said Singh.
When Singh came in front to stop the speeding vehicle, the biker rammed into him and allegedly sped towards Vasant Vihar. My fellow constables took me to a hospital. We could not even note down the bike number as it was being driven at high speed. However, I can identify him again, said the cop in the FIR.
Ironically, the only information other cops could gather about the accused biker was that he was around 20 years of age, said police.
In the second incident, a drunken man tried to flee after cops signaled him to stop in Lodhi Colony and in the confusion rammed into the barricades, police said. The cops had a narrow escape as they swiftly moved aside seeing the man speeding towards them. The accused, identified as Anurag Saksena, was however overpowered and arrested.
Meanwhile, even after 4 days that a cop was thrashed with hammers and a taxman shot at in Sarojini Nagar, police have made no headway in the case. Although the sketches of the accused have been prepared, the investigations have not gone anywhere. The crime branch is investigating the matter.
