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LUDHIANA: A day after a mob pelted cops with stones and bricks at Rahon Road, the police registered a murder bid case against unidentified people on Tuesday.
The FIR has been lodged on the statement of ASI Jasbir Singh. The ASI said, “On Monday, more than 100 people gathered at Rahon Road, near Gehlewal crossing, after a truck killed a man. They blocked the vehicular movement and set the truck on fire. Thereafter, the mob pelted cops with stones and bricks. A brick hit Meharban police station SHO sub-inspector Simranjit Kaur on face. The injured SHO was taken to a hospital. ACP (east) Davinder Chaudhary also suffered minor injuries.”
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LUDHIANA: A mob raised a ruckus after a speeding truck killed a 25-year-old man at Rahon Road, near Amarjeet Colony, on Monday.
Kimti Lal, a resident of Mangat village, had left his house on a bike for a salon in Indra Nagar for a training in hairdressing. When he reached near Amarjeet Colony, a speeding truck hit his bike around 8am. The truck driver dragged Kimti for a few metres. After people raised the alarm, he jammed on the brakes and escaped, leaving the vehicle behind.
Passersby called up the police and informed Kimti’s family.
His family sat near the body and staged a protest by blocking the road. They did not allow cops to take the body to civil hospital and demanded that the truck driver and the owner be brought to the spot.