The taxi driver accused of kidnapping, raping and killing an 11-year-old girl in south Delhi was injured in a brief shootout with police on Tuesday when he tried to flee after snatching a policeman’s gun.
The encounter took place when the police took 29-year-old Bashu Kumar Singh to recreate the crime scene along Mandi Road near Fatehpur Beri.
Singh allegedly sexually assaulted the child inside his car before driving her to a forest area near the Faridabad-Gurugram road and killing her.
According to police, while reconstructing the crime scene, Singh allegedly tried to escape and snatch a policeman’s gun.
“In the ensuing scuffle, the accused tried to escape. The police shot him in self-defense and to prevent his escape, they hit him in the leg,” a senior officer said.
Singh was immediately overpowered and taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. His condition is said to be stable.
Police said legal proceedings had been initiated in connection with the escape attempt.
Singh was arrested on Monday within six hours of the alleged rape and murder after police tracked him down through CCTV footage and technical surveillance.
He is accused of kidnapping the girl while she was sleeping next to her family on the platform near Chhatarpur Metro station in Mehrauli in the early hours of Monday, raping and killing her, and hiding her body under stones in a forest area near the Haryana border.
A case has already been registered against him under relevant sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Act and POCSO Act.
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