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Heading to find place on train to UP, teen killed in hit-and-run mishap
The victim was on his way to the Dhandhari railway station assuming that the government has started special trains for labourers
A 17-year-old Uttar Pradesh boy was killed after a speeding jeep hit him and drove off on the Dhuri railway overbridge on Monday.
Police said the boy, Abhishek Kumar of Janpath Colony, South City, and his parents had heard a rumour that a train was leaving for Uttar Pradesh from the Dhandhari railway station, while no such service was announced.
His mother Sadhna told the police that she, along with her husband and son, were walking towards the railway station to board the train. When they reached the Dhuri overbridge, a speeding white jeep crushed her son to death and sped away.
Assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Sukhdev Raj, who is investigating the case, said on the mother’s statement, they had booked the unidentified jeep driver under Sections 279 (rash driving) , 337 (causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others), 338 (causing grievous hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others) and 304-A (causing death by negligence) of the Indian Penal Code. Police are scanning CCTV cameras nearby to trace the accused.
Meanwhile, deputy commissioner Pradeep Kumar Agrawal has clarified that the administration was sending text messages to migrant workers shortlisted to board the special trains. The text message will include the date and venue where these people can board a bus near their residence, and from there, only the shortlisted people will be transported to the railway station and provided train tickets.
