Kolar police have booked a JCB driver for death of a 32-year-old labour while working in Kolar area on May 28; police found that the accident took place due to driver’s negligence.
After the investigation police have booked the accused driver identified as Janardhan Yadav who was driving and controlling JCB machine during the digging work in Kolar on May 28.
The deceased identified as Mohan Singh Jathav died after tonnes of dig up soil fell over him in the incident. During the investigation police found that accident took place due to the negligence of the JCB driver Janardhan Yadav.
Earlier body was sent for the post mortem and a case under section 174 of the CrPC was lodged. Later as it is found that the death occurred due to driver’s negligence police have registered a case under section 304 A of the IPC.
Police have started search for the accused who went absconding after case has been registered against him. In the incident deceased was in the excavating bucket and accused failed to balance it due to which deceased fell inside the pit and later got buried under massive soil.
Meanwhile a 20-year-old youth got electrocuted while trying to start a water pump for watering crop at Bansia village under Bilkharia police station in the early morning hours on Sunday.
The deceased youth Arvind Meena had gone to farms in the morning at 9 am and he was trying to start water pump he got electrocuted. Police have registered a case and started further investigation.