A 50-year-old Punjab Home Guard jawan was killed after a speeding truck hit him at Kakowal Road on Thursday morning. The deceased has been identified as Balbir Singh, a resident of Jaspal Colony in Basti Jodhewal. He was deputed in Sundar Nagar Police Post.
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Balbir was heading towards the police post to join his duty. As he reached the Kakowal road, a speeding truck hit him from the back, killing him on the spot.
Passers-by huddled on the spot and nabbed the truck driver and handed him over to the Basti Jodhewal Police. The police registered a case for causing death due to negligence against the truck driver under sections 279 and 304-A of the IPC.
Balbir is survived by a wife and two married sons.
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