60-year-old tries to cease mining, run over by tractor-trailer in Lalru
Mohali, February 17
One suspect was arrested and two extra booked for the homicide of a Barana village resident, who was run over by a tractor-trailer, after he tried to cease them from mining sand from the shamlat land within the wee hours of Friday.
The deceased, recognized as Gurcharan Singh, in his early sixties, and his son Bhupinder tried to cease a tractor-trailer, which was taking sand from the shamlat land round 3.30 am.
Mining on shamlat land
The suspects obtained aggressive when Gurcharan tried to cease sand-laden tractor-trailer (from mining on shamlat land). He was run over, whereas others ran for canopy and saved their lives. —Dr Darpan Ahluwalia, ASP, Dera Bassi
The tractor-trailer driver allegedly on the occasion of Harvinder, alias Gaggu, known as a bunch of 5 to seven youths, together with Jaswinder, alias Kaka, and Jaswinder, alias Chhinda. Later, the suspects ran the tractor-trailer over Gurcharan, who was taken to the Dera Bassi Civil Hospital, the place he was declared introduced lifeless. The police mentioned Gurcharan was a neighborhood chief of the BKU (Ugrahan).
The police arrested suspect Jaswinder and seized the tractor-trailer. The police additionally recovered two tractor-trailers and one earthmover from the shamlat land. A case beneath Sections 302, 379, 34 of the IPC and beneath the Mines Act has been registered in opposition to Kala, Chhinda, and Harvinder, alias Gaggu, on the Dera Bassi police station.
Dera Bassi ASP Dr Darpan Ahluwalia mentioned, “The suspects belong to Jaandli village, close to Haryana border, whereas the deceased belonged to Barana village, close to Handesra in Lalru. The argument between the deceased and suspects started round 10.30 pm. The suspects obtained aggressive when Gurcharan tried to cease the tractor-trailer. He was run over by tractor-trailer whereas others ran for canopy and saved their lives.”