Police constable held for hiring contract killers to kill retired Army man

Delhi | Thursday | 21st October, 2021

Summary:

New Delhi, Oct 21 (PTI) A constable of the Delhi Police"s Crime Branch has been arrested for allegedly hiring two contract killers to kill a retired Army man in Jyoti Nagar, police said on Thursday.

Sudhir Kumar had died at Army Referral Hospital in Delhi Cantt on September 16.

Head Constable Ghanshyam, posted in SIU-I of the Crime Branch of the Delhi Police, was allegedly in a relationship with the deceased"s wife, the police said.

Two assailants had attacked Kumar on September 10.

He was taken to GTB hospital and was later shifted to Army Referral Hospital Delhi Cantt, where he succumbed to injuries on September 16.

Kumar was a storekeeper clerk in Army Supply Core and he had retired on May 31, the police said.