27-year-old crushed under bus owned by SAD leader

The accident victim’s body and motorcycle (stuck under the bus) at Kauni village in Muktsar district on Friday. Tribune photo

Tribune News Service

Muktsar, February 5

A 27-year-old Dalit man was crushed under a bus of New Deep Transport at Kauni village on the Gidderbaha-Muktsar road this evening. The driver managed to flee from the spot.

This transport company is co-owned by SAD’s Gidderbaha constituency incharge-cum-chairman, District Planning Committee, Hardeep Singh ‘Dimpy’ Dhillon.

This is the third fatal accident involving the bus of the same transport firm in less than two months.

A 12-year-old Dalit girl was crushed under a bus of the same company at Channu village in Lambi Assembly segment on December 11 last year. Then on December 17, a 10-year-old Dalit girl was killed in an accident involving another bus of the same firm in Ferozepur district.

As per sources, the deceased, Sukhvir Singh of Kauni village, was standing next to his motorcycle on the roadside. He was talking to someone over the phone when the bus (PB 30 F 4578) hit him from behind and dragged him along 100 feet.

The bus was on its way from Gidderbaha to Faridkot and the victim was going to Assa Buttar village to meet his relatives.

A large number of people gathered at the spot after the mishap. A police party from Kotbhai police station also reached the site and took the body to civil hospital, Gidderbaha, for the post-mortem examination.

Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Gurmeet Singh, investigating officer, said, “A case has been registered against the unidentified driver under Sections 304-A, 279 and 427 of the IPC.”

SSP Kuldeep Chahal said that the police were trying to identify and nab the accused.

Transport firm co-owner Hardeep Singh ‘Dimpy’ Dhillon said, “It is an unfortunate incident. But as per my information, the motorcyclist, all of a sudden, took a u-turn which resulted in the accident. We are co-operating with the police and the bus has been taken to the police station.”

Courtesy: The Tribune