Dark Diwali for Gaggomahal family as their minor son dies

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, November 15

The festival of lights turned tragic for Paramjit Singh of Gaggomahal village after his minor son lost his life. He was killed after a teenage boy pushed an air pipe into his private part (rectum area) and filled air. The victim was rushed to hospital where he died.

The accused, also a minor, was on the run. A case of culpable homicide was registered against him. According to Mantej Singh, the investigating officer of the case, both belonged to poor families. While the victim worked in a welding shop, the accused used to work in the adjoining tyre puncture repairing shop.

Paramjit Singh told the police that his 11-year-old son was a student of Class VII in a government school. He also used to learn welding works in a shop located near Gaggomahal bus stop. He told the police that on Saturday morning, he dropped his son outside the welding shop where he used to work and went to market. The shop was closed at that time.

He said around 15 minutes later when he returned, he saw his son half-naked lying unconscious on the roadside. He said on seeing him, the accused, who had inserted air pressure pipe inside his private part, fled the spot. He said the air was filled in the stomach of his son. He said with the help of people, he rushed his son to the Civil Hospital in Ajnala from where he was referred to Sri Guru Ram Dass Hospital in Amritsar where he succumbed. Mantej said a case under Section 304 of the IPC had been registered against the accused.