Suspect held in hit-&-run case

Tribune News Service

Mohali, December 1

The police have arrested a suspect in a hit-and-run case. A 24-year-old woman, Meenu Chauhan, died on November 12 after being hit by a motorcyclist at the Sector 79-80 intersection.

The police have not yet disclosed the identity of the suspect.

An eyewitness had noted down the registration number of motorcycle and gave it to the police. The woman has left behind two children, aged six and eight.

Nowhere to go, the children are now staying with the family of victim Meenu Chauhan’s prospective husband, Dheeraj, who already has four children from her deceased first wife.

Dheeraj and his mother Anita want to take care of the children, but they face financial constraints to rear a family of eight persons.

Mohali SP (traffic) Gurjot Singh Kaler said: “The suspect has been arrested. The process for the legal adoption of the children has also begun. We have received calls from locals and those living abroad who want to help these children.”