A Central Crime Station (CCS) constable was stabbed to death by a thief while he was being taken to the police station in Telangana on Friday night.
Police sources said that Constable E Pramod, 42, had gone to Hashmi Colony with CCS SI Bhimrao to apprehend Riyaz, 24, who was accused of stealing a motorcycle around 8:30 and 9 PM. After Riiyaz was caught, he was made to sit on a motorcycle between Pramod and his brother-in-law, who had accompanied them. The sub-inspector who went with them was trailing behind them on another bike.
As they neared Vinayaknagar, five kilometers away, Riyaz pulled out a knife and attacked the Constable, stabbing him in the chest. The SI had tried to intervene but was injured on the finger.
The incident occurred in public.
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