Drunk driver arrested in Airport road mishap

Tribune News Service

Mohali, August 9

The police today arrested the driver of the rashly driven car who injured three vendors on the Airport road here late last evening.

The car driver has been identified as Shiv Charan, a resident of Rohtak in Haryana. At present, he was putting up at Mauli Baidwan village here.

The victims have been identified as Ram Babu (35), Dharminder (35) and Om Beer (50), residents of Bariyali village near Balongi. They hail from Uttar Pradesh and are working here as fruit and vegetable vendors.

“The incident took place at 10.30 pm when Shiv Charan, who was under the influence of liquor, was going towards Kharar from Mohali in his car. The victims were also going towards Kharar with their carts when the rashly driven car hit them from the rear. The trio suffered serious injuries in the mishap,” said Investigation Officer ASI Kewal Singh.

The injured persons were shifted to the Civil Hospital in Phase VI here, from where they were referred to the GMCH-32 in Chandigarh. Om Beer was later shifted to the PGI, Chandigarh, where his condition was stated to be critical. The condition of Ram Babu was also critical, said the police.

On the statement of Dharminder, the police today registered a case against the car driver under Sections 279, 337, 338 and 427 of the IPC.

Inspector Amardeep Singh said: “Medical examination confirmed that the car driver was under the influence of liquor”.

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