<p>A Delhi Police constable, posted with the Special Cell accidentally shot himself dead with his AK-47 rifle during an operation in Rohini Sector 21 on Wednesday morning.<br /><br />Khatri was part of a team raiding a building in a residential colony in outer Rohini in the early hours of Wednesday to nab Ashok, a wanted criminal.<br /><br />Working on information about the presence of Ashok at a house in Rohini Sector-21, a raid was conducted in the wee hours in Rohini where he had been hiding.<br /><br />He was asked to surrender but he grappled with members of the police team and tried to escape.<br /><br />However, he was overpowered. One pistol with 10 live cartridges was recovered from his possession.</p>.<p><br />During the course of the raid, Khatri’s AK-47 rifle went off and he received gunshot injury.<br /><br />“While the constable was coming down (from the building) using a wall, he lost his balance and the AK-47 gun that was already cocked accidentally went off. A bullet pierced his chin and exited from the head. He was rushed to Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead on arrival,” said a senior Delhi Police office.<br /><br />A resident of Nazafgarh, Khatri had joined the police force in 2007, and had undergone a commando course before being posted with the Special Cell two months back.<br /><br />The autopsy is to be conducted in the afternoon of January 6, following which the body will be handed over to his family.<br /><br />Ashok is wanted in more than eight cases of murder, extortion, robbery, dacoity, carjacking in Delhi and Haryana, and is a member of the Ravinder Bholu gang.<br />He was also carrying a reward of Rs 20,000 on his arrest.</p>
<p>A Delhi Police constable, posted with the Special Cell accidentally shot himself dead with his AK-47 rifle during an operation in Rohini Sector 21 on Wednesday morning.<br /><br />Khatri was part of a team raiding a building in a residential colony in outer Rohini in the early hours of Wednesday to nab Ashok, a wanted criminal.<br /><br />Working on information about the presence of Ashok at a house in Rohini Sector-21, a raid was conducted in the wee hours in Rohini where he had been hiding.<br /><br />He was asked to surrender but he grappled with members of the police team and tried to escape.<br /><br />However, he was overpowered. One pistol with 10 live cartridges was recovered from his possession.</p>.<p><br />During the course of the raid, Khatri’s AK-47 rifle went off and he received gunshot injury.<br /><br />“While the constable was coming down (from the building) using a wall, he lost his balance and the AK-47 gun that was already cocked accidentally went off. A bullet pierced his chin and exited from the head. He was rushed to Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead on arrival,” said a senior Delhi Police office.<br /><br />A resident of Nazafgarh, Khatri had joined the police force in 2007, and had undergone a commando course before being posted with the Special Cell two months back.<br /><br />The autopsy is to be conducted in the afternoon of January 6, following which the body will be handed over to his family.<br /><br />Ashok is wanted in more than eight cases of murder, extortion, robbery, dacoity, carjacking in Delhi and Haryana, and is a member of the Ravinder Bholu gang.<br />He was also carrying a reward of Rs 20,000 on his arrest.</p>
