Cop killed, five others injured in road mishap

A Punjab police head constable was killed and five others were injured, one of them critically, when their jeep collided head on with a Moga-bound bus near Nanaksar, police said.

A Punjab police head constable was killed and five others were injured, one of them critically, when their jeep collided head on with a Moga-bound bus near Nanaksar, 35 kms from here, on Friday, police said.

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The mishap took place on Ludhiana-Ferozepur road when the victims, all members of a special investigation team (SIT) team, were on their way to Chandigarh in connection with the inquiry of an alleged fraud case of rice sellers, Moga senior superintendent of police (SSP) Surjit Singh Grewal said.

The head constable Gurmit Singh died on the spot whereas the injured police officials were admitted to the Dayanand Hospital and Moga Hospital respectively, he said.