In a tragic incident, one and half year old Shreeshti Dobhal was smashed by a dumper engaged in construction work in their own premises on Saturday.The girl was playing with others in the presence of her grandfather when the dumper on its way back after unloading the materials in the house hit her. She died on the spot. According to the eye-witnesses, the tragedy could have been averted had her grandfather been more cautious.
Patelnagar police station officer Pankaj Gairola said that the child had died after the dumper had hit her outside her home at Dehrakhas, Patelnagar area. The deceased’s father Manoj Dobhal registered a report regarding the same in police station against the driver of the dumper. Taking cognizance of this, a case under appropriate sections of IPC has been registered against unidentified person in Patelnagar police station on Saturday. Team has been formed and they are investigating the case, it is learnt.