The accused, identified as Sunil, had a one-sided love affair with the victim and was recently arrested in a molestation case registered on the basis of a complaint filed by the same woman, DCP (Northwest) Vijay Singh said.
Yesterday, two women constables, identified as Jashvini and Pooja, were present in Lal Bagh area of Adarsh Nagar, talking to women there under an ongoing policing scheme, when they got to know that a woman has been abducted minutes ago from the locality, said police.
They followed leads given by the locals and reached a particular street where they found the accused holding the woman captive at gunpoint, screaming that he would shoot both – the woman and himself – dead if anyone tries to intervene, said police.
The two women officials used their self-defence skills, following which one disarmed the accused of his country-made pistol and the other overpowered him.
The accused freed himself once and tried to run away when he was overpowered again by the duo, said police.
But in the process, the accused swallowed some aluminium phosphide tablets, for which he had to be rushed to the hospital where he is recovering.
The police recovered a suicide note from his possession. The contents of the note suggest that he was determined to kill the woman and himself too, police said.
The two women officials who took charge of the situation, reacted promptly and averted an untoward incident will be rewarded, DCP Singh added.
PTI