A Delhi Police constable was shot dead by miscreants while he chased them after they had snatched a bag from a woman in Shahabad area on Friday night.

DCP (Outer) Vikramjeet Singh said, "Anand was chasing three unidentified miscreants who had snatched the bag from a woman in Sector 5 industrial area around 9.30 PM, when he was shot at,".

According to police, the constable, who was posted at sector five police chowki in Bawana, spotted the snatchers near Samosa Chowk in the area and chased them following which they fired at him.

Anand sustained bullet injury on the chest. He was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The incident occurred hours after Delhi Police Commissioner Alok Kumar, instructed senior officials to curb street crimes in the national capital, during a crime review meeting.

By Prakriti Neogi