Labourer dies in hit-and-run incident in Ludhiana

The incident took place when the victim, Raghav Mishra, 28, of Giaspura was returning home from work.

LUDHIANA A labourer died in a hit-and-run incident after an unidentified vehicle hit his motorcycle from the rear on Dhandhari Bridge here on Sunday evening.

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The incident took place when the victim, Raghav Mishra, 28, of Giaspura, was returning home from work. On Monday, Sahnewal police lodged an FIR against an unidentified person on the complaint of Pawan Mishra, the victim’s father. Pawan said his son, who worked in a factory in Focal Point, had suffered head injuries when he hit the divider after falling off the bike.

We rushed him to a hospital, where he died during the treatment, Pawan added.

Assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Kulwinder Singh, who is investigating the case, said that a case under Sections 279 (rash driving), 304-A (causing death by negligence) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered against the unidentified accused. Police are scanning closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras to identify the accused, ASI Kulwinder said.