Uttar Pradesh: Constable shot dead by government school teacher
Press Trust of India | June 30, 2025 | 11:15 AM IST | 1 min read
An altercation broke out between constable Ajay Kumar and accused Mohit Arya, a government primary school teacher over a cricket match and later over a WhatsApp chat.
BAGHPAT: A police constable here has been allegedly shot dead by a government teacher, who is absconding since the incident, police said on Monday. According to police, the incident took place in Sunheda village under the jurisdiction of Khekra police station.
Police said constable Ajay Kumar (32), who had come home on leave, was strolling outside the village after dinner on Sunday night, when he met Mohit Arya, a local who works as teacher in a government primary school in Saharanpur.
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An altercation broke out between the two first over a cricket match and later over a WhatsApp chat. When the fight escalated, the accused allegedly fired a shot from a pistol. Family members rushed Ajay Kumar to a hospital in Sonipat for immediate treatment, where doctors declared him dead.
Additional Superintendent of Police NP Singh said that the deceased was posted in the Saharanpur police department, and had come to the village on leave. Singh said that a murder case has been registered and raids are being conducted at the possible hideouts of the accused.
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