Ludhiana: The horde raised a commotion after a rapid truck killed a 25-year-old man at Rahon Road, near Amarjeet Colony, on Monday When he reached near Colony Amarjeet, a truck that quickly hit his bicycle around 8am.
The truck driver dragged a kimi for several meters.
After the person raised the alarm, he was jammed with the brakes and escaped, leaving the vehicle behind.
Passersby called the police and told the family of Kimi.
The family sat near the body and protested by blocking the road by blocking the road.
They did not allow the police to take the body to a civil hospital and demanded that the truck driver and owner be taken to spot.
KIMTI, Harmesh Lal, “This is an accident-prone area.
Trucks loaded with sand run at high speed and cause accidents every day .
We want justice for my child.
“When the family sat with the body, some unidentified people burned the truck.
They did not allow firefighters to reach the place and pelted the police with stones and bricks.
Agitators accused that the police first made them lathicharged and then they threw stones.
However, the police claimed that they were forced to lathicharge after a horde threw stones at them.
A brick injured Meharban police chief, sub-inspector Simranjit Kaur, who fell on the road.
Other police picked him up and took him to the hospital.
Assistant Commissioner of Police (East) Devinder Chaudhary and Deputy Commissioner Additional Police-IV Rupinder Kaur SRA also reached Spot.Chaudhary said, “The police assured them to bring the body to the hospital.
But they insisted that the truck driver and the owner were taken to the place.
While the family Kimi sat near the body, some unidentified people burned the truck.
It was a small fire, which was managed by the police to satisfy.
“” Mob then began throwing stones and bricks.
Simranjit sub-inspector was injured when the brick hit his face.
When I went to There, a brick hit me too.
The case was being registered under Section 279 (rash driving) and 304-A (causing death due to negligence) against the driver of the truck, the Singh Arvinder from Philaur, “ACP was added.
At 3:30 a.m., the family ended the protest and the body was taken to a civil hospital for autopsy.
Actions against those who attacked the police, ACP said, “We will discuss it with senior officials and act accordingly.”