<p> A Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) and a civilian were killed in an exchange of fire between police and anti-socials near Chayangtajo in East Kameng district in Arunachal Pradesh, a police officer said today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The incident occurred when DSP Bomto Kamdak was leading a police team to the area to arrest an alleged rapist Togyung Yangfo, who escaped from jail a year ago, at around 7 PM last night.<br />On seeing the approaching police team, Yangfo and his accomplices fired prompting the police to retaliate and in the gun battle the DSP and a civilian Sai Bagang were killed while a woman identified as Achang Cheda Yangfo sustained bullet injuries, the police officer said.<br /><br />The body of the DSP was brought to district hospital at Seppa, while the woman with three bullet injuries in her chest was airlifted to Guwahati, he said.<br /><br />The body of the DSP was sent to his native village at Basar in West Siang district today by a chopper after post mortem.</p>
<p> A Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) and a civilian were killed in an exchange of fire between police and anti-socials near Chayangtajo in East Kameng district in Arunachal Pradesh, a police officer said today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The incident occurred when DSP Bomto Kamdak was leading a police team to the area to arrest an alleged rapist Togyung Yangfo, who escaped from jail a year ago, at around 7 PM last night.<br />On seeing the approaching police team, Yangfo and his accomplices fired prompting the police to retaliate and in the gun battle the DSP and a civilian Sai Bagang were killed while a woman identified as Achang Cheda Yangfo sustained bullet injuries, the police officer said.<br /><br />The body of the DSP was brought to district hospital at Seppa, while the woman with three bullet injuries in her chest was airlifted to Guwahati, he said.<br /><br />The body of the DSP was sent to his native village at Basar in West Siang district today by a chopper after post mortem.</p>