Delhi Police on Wednesday dismissed Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Dinesh Kumar from service after he was found involved in the Ghaziabad double murder case.
Additional Commissioner of Police (Eastern Range) S.N. Mosobi ordered the dismissal of ASI Dinesh Kumar, posted in Apsara border area in east Delhi, with immediate effect.
“After having committed the gravest misconduct, if the defaulter ASI is allowed to continue in the police force, it would be detrimental to public interest and further tarnish the image of police in the society. The facts and circumstances of the cases are such that it would not be reasonably practicable to conduct a regular departmental enquiry against the defaulter ASI,” the order read.
The ASI and his accomplice Pintu Sharma had allegedly killed Preeti (32), and her fiancé Annu Chauhan inside a Sai temple premises in Ghaziabad on March 25. The two accused were arrested on March 30.
The ASI had confessed that Preeti was his sister-in-law. Due to family relation, Dinesh used to visit the family of the deceased frequently. As time passed, the two got involved in a relationship. She later got into a relationship with Chauhan and the rejection did not go down well with the accused. A week before the incident, Preeti had stopped taking his calls.
On March 25, the ASI left from duty and went with his accomplice to the temple.
Used his service pistol
The ASI was furious to see Chauhan along with Preeti there. A heated argument broke out between them following which the ASI shot them with his service pistol. He pumped seven bullets into the couple. Ghaziabad police arrested the ASI and his accomplice. They recovered the weapon and three unused bullets used in the crime.
Anil Mittal, Additional PRO of the Delhi police, said the department takes strict against its officers for any kind of indiscipline or misconduct.
The charges on the ASI were grave in nature and he was found to be unfit for the police force, he added.