A 48-year-old head constable of the Pune police was allegedly attacked and killed by a history-sheeter here in the early hours of Wednesday, an official said.

Head constable Sameer Sayyad, attached to the Faraskhana police station, was on his way home around 12.15 am, when the accused Praveen Mahajan (34) waylaid him in Budhwar Peth area, the official from Faraskhana police station said.