First Turbaned Sikh Cop Sandeep Dhaliwal, Killed in ‘Ruthless, Cold-Blooded Way’ In Texas

Mumbai: 42-year-old Indian-American Sikh police officer Sandeep Dhaliwal was shot dead during a mid-day traffic stop in the US state of Texas

The turbaned Dhaliwal, the first policeman to serve Texas, became a national figure after assuring the Texas Police Department that he be allowed to wear religious attire and grow a beard while patrolling. He was emphasizing on the historical expansion of religious rights in the department.

According to officials, 10-year-old veteran Dhaliwal was attacked when he stopped a vehicle with a man and woman and one of them stepped out and shot him at least twice in ‘brutal-style’. Way of blood Later, the shooter escaped and went to a nearby shopping centre.

After a brief search, officers arrested 47-year-old Robert Solis and “charged him with capital murder”. It is not yet clear whether this was a hate crime.

Reports claimed that Dhaliwal was shot in the head several times. He was rushed to the hospital, where he breathed his last.
Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, a close friend of Dhaliwal said that the entire Texas police department is ‘heartbroken to lose a hero, a leader in this violent tragic manner’.

“He was a hero, a trailblazer. There are no words to speak to how heartbroken we are, how devastated,” he added.

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