Powercom employee dies in road mishap

An employee of the Powercom died in a road accident on the Tarn Taran road near Chabal on Thursday. The deceased has been identified as Kuljit Singh (35), a resident of Malia (Tarn Taran).

Rattan Singh who worked with the deceased in the department, said that Kuljit Singh, who was posted at the sub-station in Chabal in the morning shift, was on his way to duty on a motorcycle when he met with the accident as a speeding Scorpio bearing the registration number Punjab-11, CM-3013 collided head-on with the motorcycle. The Scorpio was at such a high speed that it dragged Kuljit Singh to a distance of some meters. People in the area rushed to the rescue and took him to the local civil hospital where doctors declared him dead. The Chabal police reached the spot and the driver of the Scorpio was taken in custody by the police along with the vehicle.

It was an irony of sorts as the deceased Kuljit Singh was given a job in the Powercom on compassionate grounds about 10 years back as his father had died while on duty in the department. The deceased is survived by his wife and two sons, one aged seven years and the other just seven months old.

The Powercom employees held a condolence meeting and prayed for the peace of the departed soul. The post-mortem was conducted at the local civil hospital.