A man accused of stabbing a police constable to death, who was taken into custody by police and admitted to a hospital in Telangana’s Nizamabad, was shot dead inside the hospital on Monday by police personnel after he allegedly tried to snatch a gun from them.

Sheik Riyaz was accused of killing 42-year-old police constable E Pramod on Saturday. According to Nizamabad police, Riyaz was admitted in a hospital because he had sustained minor injuries in “a clash” with a “civilian who had helped the police to nab him” on Sunday. The civilian, Asif, was also stabbed by Riyaz, police said.

At the Government General Hospital (GGH), Nizamabad, on Monday morning, Riyaz allegedly attempted to snatch a constable’s gun, “forcing police to open fire”, police said.

“The police opened fire to secure th

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