Punjab accident: In a tragic incident, at least seven pilgrims, together with 5 ladies, have been killed and round twenty sustained harm when after being run over by a truck in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur on Thursday.
According to officers, the devastating incident occurred after they have been on their solution to have a good time Baisakhi at Khuralgarh Sahib in the district. Speaking to the media, Garhshankar DSP Daljit Singh Khakh stated a lot of the deceased have been residents of the Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh.
The tragedy occurred in a sub-mountainous space, in accordance with the police, who additionally famous that the motive force misplaced management of the car whereas negotiating a slope and ran over a gaggle of 27 pilgrims who have been on foot.
Brake-fail led to the accident
It was suspected that the brakes of the truck had failed, police stated. In gentle of the Baisakhi celebration, pilgrims have been pouring into Khuralgarh Sahib, a spot related to Guru Ravidas.
The district administration right here supplied an ex-gratia grant of Rs 2 lakh every to the households of deceased pilgrims.
Hoshiarpur Deputy Commissioner Komal Mittal stated the ex-gratia grant of Rs 2 lakh every has been supplied to the households of the deceased and Rs 1 lakh to the injured for his or her therapy, including that if the bills for the therapy of injured individuals are greater than Rs 1 lakh, then that too could be borne by the federal government.
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Injured admitted to hospitals
DSP Khakh stated the deceased have been recognized as Angoori (73), Santosh, each of Yamunanagar (Haryana), Unati (14), her mom Sita Devi (34), Sandesh Pal (45), Ramoh (15), and Rahul (17), all residents of UP’s Muzaffarnagar district. As many as 14 injured individuals have been admitted to Civil Hospital in Garhshankar for therapy whereas the remaining with severe accidents have been referred to PGIMER Chandigarh.
An FIR beneath IPC sections, together with 304 (inflicting loss of life by negligence), 279 (rash driving or driving on a public method) and 337 (inflicting damage by act endangering life or private security of others) has been registered in this connection and additional investigation in the accident is underway, stated Khakh.
(With PTI inputs)
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