Cops Who Escorted Aaftab Poonawala During Sword Attack Awarded

Two sub-inspectors who were part of the DAP team that escorted Aaftab have been rewarded Rs 10,000 each.

Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Kumar Arora on Tuesday awarded Rs 20,000 to the Police team for safely escorting Aaftab Amin Poonawalla, the accused in the Shraddha Walkar murder case, to Tihar Jail while some sword-wielding men attempted to attack the police van carrying him outside the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) office in Delhi.

Two sub-inspectors who were part of the DAP team that escorted Aaftab have been rewarded Rs 10,000 each. Further Rs 5,000 was awarded to two head constables. And, another constable was awarded Rs 5,000.

Delhi Police said at around 6.45 pm on Monday, when Aaftab was ready to escort from the FSL laboratory to Tihar jail, the outside area of FSL was checked by the escort team as well as by local police and no suspicious movements of persons were noticed.

While, the Jail van moved from FSL Rohini office and cross the gate, suddenly a group of people armed with swords attacked the jail van but the Command of the third battalion of Delhi Armed Police (DAP) displayed the exemplary presence of mind and swiftly moved the jail van from the place so as to avoid any harm to Aaftab and the escorting staff. The commendable action of the escorting team averted a major tragedy yesterday and safely deposited the UTP at Central Jail Tihar, said Delhi Police statement.