A 76-year-old man was mowed down by JCB near Siddhi Bhawan while he was returning from Jain temple on Sunday; Chunbhatti police station have started investigation.
According to the police a man died after he was mowed down by a JCB machine in the early morning hours.
The locals informed the police after they found a man trapped in the tyres of JCB machine and on the receipt of the information a police team reached the spot and started investigation.
The deceased was identified as Chandersen Jain who was a retired official of Panchayat Department.
After the preliminary investigation the body was sent for the post mortem and the police have registered a case under section 304 A of the IPC and have started further investigation.
The errant driver escaped the spot along with the labourers at the site. The machine was used by a Gujarat based company which is involved in gas pipe line laying work. Details of the driver would be obtained from the company in the further investigation.
Meanwhile, a 24-year-old man committed suicide by hanging with the tree at forest in Barkhedi Kalan under Nazeerbad police station area on Sunday.