Robber held a day after shooting and killing Haryana cop

A police team from Haryana arrived in Haridwar on Thursday night after tracing four men who allegedly committed a robbery in Faridabad.

Updated on: Oct 1, 2021, 16:24:36 IST

By Neeraj Santoshi

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An alleged robber accused of killing a Haryana policeman on Thursday night in Haridwar was arrested on Friday. The policeman was part of a nine-member Haryana Police team that arrived in Haridwar on Thursday night after tracing four men, who allegedly committed a robbery in Faridabad, to a parking area in the city.

The team arrested the three accused even as one of them, Anshu, fired on policeman Sandeep Kumar. Anshu fled from the scene while Kumar succumbed to his bullet injury.

Senior police superintendent (Haridwar) Yogendra Singh Rawat said they immediately sealed all the inter-district and interstate borders and deployed checking squads. One of the patrolling teams spotted Anshu, who had also sustained bullet injury on his hand, and arrested him before admitting him to a hospital.

“Anshu was referred to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Rishikesh). A case has been lodged...” He added now all the four alleged robbers have been arrested. Rawat said a car, ₹12,000, and six cartridges have been recovered from them.

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Neeraj Santoshi
Neeraj Santoshi is the Chief of Bureau for Hindustan Times in Uttarakhand, where he leads the state reporting team while covering government, politics, environment, wildlife, Uttarakhand High Court, and issues shaping the Himalayan region. With more than two decades in journalism across conflict zones, he has covered politically sensitive regions and environmentally fragile landscapes, and focused on stories that combine public interest with in-depth storytelling. An alumnus of Pune University with a Master’s in Communication Studies, he has reported extensively from Jammu & Kashmir (2003-2010), Madhya Pradesh (2010 to 2018 ) and Uttarakhand (Since 2018), covering subjects ranging from insurgency, elections and governance to wildlife conservation, mining, climate change, agriculture, human rights and social justice. He has covered politics and legislative assemblies of both Jammu & Kashmir and Madhya Pradesh over more than a decade. Before taking over as Chief of Bureau in Uttarakhand, he served as Special Correspondent with Hindustan Times in Madhya Pradesh and earlier reported for both Hindustan Times and The Indian Express in Jammu & Kashmir, where he covered state politics, environment and insurgency-related developments. Over the years, his stories have focused on environmental degradation, wildlife, illegal mining, governance and the changing social fabric of Himalayan states and Central India. He is particularly interested in long-form explanatory journalism, and stories that explore the intersection of ecology, conservation, governance and society. Outside the newsroom, Neeraj enjoys reading widely on neuroscience, consciousness studies, Artificial Intelligence and quantum physics, with a special interest in Kashmiri Tantric Shaivist traditions. He is also passionate about wildlife, mountaineering and the Himalayas, interests that continue to inform his reporting and deepen his understanding of the region he covers.Read More