Highway blocked for 5 hours over villager’s death in accident
Bijendra Ahlawat
Tribune News Service
Tribune News Service
Jind, November 14
Traffic movement on the Narwana-Patiala highway was disrupted for over five hours today after hundreds of residents of Belarkha village of the district squatted on the main road, demanding the arrest of the truck driver who had allegedly crushed a villager to death in an accident last night.
The blockade came to an end after the intervention of senior police officials.
Police sources said the residents of Belarkha came out on the highway this morning after it was revealed that the victim, Dharamvir aged 25 years, had been killed in an accident last night.
His body was found dumped under leaves near the Dharodi minor, located about 100 yards from the main road.
The villagers told the police that Dharamvir had gone to his field late last night and failed to return home.
He was allegedly run over by a truck passing on the highway while crossing the road around midnight last night. It is claimed that the truck which had run over him had skidded and got stuck in the adjoining field after the accident.
Villagers alleged that the driver got the body of Dharamvir dumped near the canal and covered it with vegetation and threw his belongings and a bicycle at a secluded place before absconding with his vehicle.
Hundreds of villagers assembled on the highway this morning and did not allow the traffic to pass for over five hours. Hundreds of vehicles got stuck in the jam on both sides of the blockade. The movement was resumed around 3.20 pm this evening after the police assured them of tracing the truck and its driver.
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