<p align="justify" class="title">A retired Army personnel, believed to be mentally unstable, reportedly bludgeoned six people to death with a rod and also attacked policemen in the early hours here on Tuesday, police said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The accused, identified as Naresh Dhankhad (45), went on a rampage between 2 and 4 am in a two km stretch between Agra Chowk and Camp Colony.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">A resident of Macchgar near Ballabhgarh, Dhankad, after retiring from the army on medical grounds, was working with the ariculture department as a CDO, a police spokesperson said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">His first victim was a woman named Anjum who was sleeping outside a private hospital here and her killing was recorded on a CCTV camera in the area.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">He then went to Agra Road intersection where he killed three more people. Then a little farther, he killed two others. Some of the bodies have not been identified yet.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Palwal Superintendent of Police Sulochna Kumari said as soon as the police received information, they started sending people, who were either sleeping or working outside, indoors.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">After the day broke, police personnel saw the accused and when they attempted to nab him, he attacked. The injured police personnel were referred to Faridabad for treatment, she said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">He did not attempt to loot anyone and the people he targeted were security guards, beggars or the poor, she said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Dhankad, after his arrest, was taken to the civil hospital from where doctors referred him to Faridabad. His psychological evaluation would be carried out.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Deputy Superintendent of Police Abhimanyu Lohan said prima facie it seemed that he carried out the killings without a reason.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">A high alert has been issued in the city, the police spokesperson said.</p>
<p align="justify" class="title">A retired Army personnel, believed to be mentally unstable, reportedly bludgeoned six people to death with a rod and also attacked policemen in the early hours here on Tuesday, police said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The accused, identified as Naresh Dhankhad (45), went on a rampage between 2 and 4 am in a two km stretch between Agra Chowk and Camp Colony.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">A resident of Macchgar near Ballabhgarh, Dhankad, after retiring from the army on medical grounds, was working with the ariculture department as a CDO, a police spokesperson said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">His first victim was a woman named Anjum who was sleeping outside a private hospital here and her killing was recorded on a CCTV camera in the area.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">He then went to Agra Road intersection where he killed three more people. Then a little farther, he killed two others. Some of the bodies have not been identified yet.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Palwal Superintendent of Police Sulochna Kumari said as soon as the police received information, they started sending people, who were either sleeping or working outside, indoors.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">After the day broke, police personnel saw the accused and when they attempted to nab him, he attacked. The injured police personnel were referred to Faridabad for treatment, she said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">He did not attempt to loot anyone and the people he targeted were security guards, beggars or the poor, she said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Dhankad, after his arrest, was taken to the civil hospital from where doctors referred him to Faridabad. His psychological evaluation would be carried out.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Deputy Superintendent of Police Abhimanyu Lohan said prima facie it seemed that he carried out the killings without a reason.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">A high alert has been issued in the city, the police spokesperson said.</p>