Five labourers from Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh were killed and three others injured in a horrific accident near Transport Chowk traffic lightpoint on the intervening night of August 16 and 17. The incident took place after midnight when a truck ran over the people sleeping on the pavement.
The deceased include, Natha Ram, Josha Ram, Sardar Ram, Jagdish Ram all from Rajasthan and Harinder Yadav from Uttar Pradesh.
The injured are Raghav, Kamlesh and Upendra. They were first taken to PGI but later referred back to
GMCH 32 where they are undergoing treatment.
The accident resulted from a minor scuffle that took place between one of the deceased Harinder Yadav and the accused driver.
The labourers used to sleep on the pavement daily but on the fateful night, the accused under the influence of liquor was urinating near the place where the labourers were about to sleep. Harinder dissuaded the accused saying that place is used by them as kitchen to prepare meals. This led to the scuffle between them.
later after the labourers went to sleep, the accused ran the truck over them killing five on the spot. The driver, identified by the name of Chowdhary fled from the spot after committing the crime but his accomplice Ajay was caught by the people sleeping nearby.
Giving details about the accident, Assistant Superintendent of Police (East) Guriqbal Singh Sidhu said that a case has been registered and the person arrested has claimed that he was not on driving seat when the accident took place.
Police is trying to nab the driver and the picture will be clear once he is arrested.