An accused who was shot five bullets during an encounter with the police on Wednesday and for whom the policemen had donated their blood succumbed to his injuries on Thursday.
The accused, Nitin, had been shot at by the police party after an alleged burglary attempt at a Rohini apartment. He was receiving treatment for his injuries at Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries at 1:30 am.
The police have informed the National Human Rights Commission about the encounter and will not be filing a case in this incident despite the Supreme
Court ruling about filing an FIR in cases relating to an encounter.
"In this particular case the accused had fired at the policemen and they retaliated by firing at him. The policemen had also donated their own blood to save him," said a senior police official.
According to the official, Nitin along with his accomplices Hariom and Kuldeep, with muffled faces, were allegedly trying to scale the boundary wall of the Ahinsa Vihar apartment in Rohini Sector 9 around 4 am.
Some residents from the apartment had noticed them climbing the walls of the apartment.
Later, when they landed on the opposite side of the road, they were spotted by two policemen.
The constables have claimed that the three men fired upon them and they retaliated by returning fire, grievously injuring Nitin in his arms, legs and lower back. Later in the evening, his associates Hariom and Kuldeep were arrested.