Villagers blocked the Ropar-Chandigarh highway at Solkhian in Ropar, after a man was killed in an accident on Thursday, while the Congress party has demanded registration of case against the bus owners.The residents of Behrampur Zimidara and surrounding villages alleged that the scooterist was killed by a luxury private bus allegedly of Dabwali Transport Company owned by the Badals, but the police claimed that the cause of death was an accident between a car and a scooter.
The deceased had been identified as Swarn Singh. The police said tat 40-year-old Swaran Singh was on his way to home after night shift at work when the accident occurred.Villagers blocked the road seeking adequate compensation for the next of the kin of deceased and booking the bus driver. While the driver of the bus claimed that the scooterist died due to mishap between car and scooter, the car owner maintained that the accident took place due to the bus which was overtaking his car, the police said.
Police had called forensic experts to verify the facts and investigating the matter.Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president Partap Singh Bajwa demanded the registration of a case against all the directors of Dabwali Transport Company whose bus allegedly hit a man near Ropar toll plaza in the morning who died on the spot.“Today’s incident is a classic example of hit and run as the bus driver didn’t even bother to stop after crushing Swaran Singh and the police had failed to take any action and the reasons were obvious,” he said.
Bajwa said that the victim’s family should be paid a compensation of Rs 30 lakh by Dabwali Transport Company and government job to a member of the bereaved family should be given by the Punjab Government on the pattern of the Moga tragedy involving Orbit bus.He also appealed to the Punjab and Haryana High Court to take suo motu notice of this case involving the transport company of Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal and impose ban on the plying of Badal family buses which had turned into killing machines on the highways.
Dabwali Transport was started by his father and Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, he pointed.He said that the local Congress leaders were sitting on dharna since morning demanding action against the company and compensation to the bereaved family and made it clear it would continue till the acceptance of all the demands.“This latest incident involving the Badal bus has once again proved that there is no law of the land in the state and the writ of the Badal family is the law. This can’t be allowed to go on and the people would not tolerate such goondaism anymore”, he added.