In a tragic incident, six Punjab Police personnel, including a woman, were on Monday killed and eleven others sustained injuries in a road accident on the Khamano-Fatehgarh road near village lohari, 10 km from Fatehgarh Sahib, police said.
Of the deceased, one was a head constable while the remaining five were constables.The mishap occurred when the driver of an overcrowded Punjab Police vehicle in which 17 policemen were travelling lost his control, resulting in a collision with a tree on the roadside. All the cops, posted at the Khamano police station, were on their way to attend a weekly police parade at police line Mohadian in Fatehgarh Sahib. The seriously injured were referred to PGI, Chandigarh. Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal expressed deep shock and anguish over the tragic accident. The Chief Minister directed the Civil and Police administration to extend all possible help to ensure best and free treatment to all the injured to save their lives. He also announced an ex-gratia grant of Rs2 lakh each to the next of kin of the deceased, besides a financial assistance of Rs25,000 for the seriously injured.