Punjab: Tractor driver dies after being dragged for km by truck in Garhshankar
Eyewitnesses chased sand-laden tipper but its driver managed to flee; protesters hold dharna on road, accusing police of shielding accused
A tractor driver, Sukhdev Singh of Bhangal village, died after being hit by a sand-laden tipper on the Nangal-Garhshankar road on Saturday.
Eye-witnesses said the tipper hit the tractor from behind and dragged it for more than a kilometre. They chased the tipper but the driver managed to flee, the witnesses said.
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The tractor driver died on the spot and his body was badly mutilated, the locals said, alleging tippers carrying mining minerals often caused accidents in the area.
They staged a dharna on the road, accusing the police of shielding the accused.
Garhshankar station house officer Harprem Singh said that the police had impounded the tipper and registered a case under Section 304-A (causing death by negligence) of the IPC against its driver, who is yet to be arrested.
