Man kills Delhi cop, dies by suicide over financial dispute

A man shot dead a cop and injured two, in Delhi before dying by suicide in an auto-rickshaw at a Flyover on April 16.

The 44-year-old had an alleged financial dispute with the cop due to which he shot him dead while the officer was riding a motorcycle on Delhi’s Meet Nagar flyover near Nand Nagri.

The man also opened fire at a scooter rider, who sustained a bullet injury, and the driver of the auto-rickshaw, who escaped the place.

Northeast DCP Joy Tirkey says, "Today morning around 11.42 am, a call was made to PS Nand Nagari after which the call was transferred to PS Jyoti Nagar. Both SHOs reached the spot. Three people were hit with bullets, two of whom were victims, and one was the accused, who shot himself in the head. We are verifying the sequence of events... He shot one person on the Meet Nagar flyover, then climbed down and shot one person sitting on his scooter. He then shot himself in the head while sitting in an auto. We have recovered a 7.65 mm pistol. The crime team and FSL team are present at the spot... We are investigating. It is too early to say anything."

(With inputs from ANI)

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