Two policemen were killed when a speeding truck rammed in a police booth while there persons including a home guard suffered injuries in Kotwali police staion area of Hardoi district on Saturday night. In the incident the truck caught fire also.
As per reports, police incharge of Cinema Outpost Mohammed Qayum alongwith constable Mazoor Ahmad, home guard Subhash, home guard Harish Chandra were standing at a police booth at Cinema road in Hardoi on Saturday night.
When the policemen were busy in talking, a speeding truck whizzed past the police booth and later rammed into the police booth probably after the truck driver lost control on the wheels. Due to heavy impact, constable Manzoor Ahmad and home guard Subhash were killed on the spot as both came under the truck. The truck later moved ahead as the driver tried to flee the scene and in the process motorcycle of one of the policemen came under the truck and it later caught fire which engulfed the truck also. Two persons identified as Bablu of Kanshiram Colony of Hardoi and Vivek of Haripurwa locality of Hardoi and another home guard identified as Harish Chand suffered injuries. Additional police force and a fire brigade were called at the spot. The firemen doused the fire successfully later. The truck driver managed to flee the scene taking advantage of the situation.
PRO Rahul Srivastava said police had registered a case and the truck driver had been nabbed. He said the rifles of the policemen were also broken in the accident. “A legal was initiated in the case,’ he said.
There were reports that the policemen tried to stop the truck after which the truck driver tried to flee the scene and in the process he got the truck rammed into the police booth. Police, however, did not confirm the same