Cyclist dies in mishap, people block road

A cyclist was run over by a high-speed tipper and died on the spot on the Garhshankar-Nangal road on Wednesday.

Angry people blocked the road and protested, raising slogans against the police and the government. They demanded that a case should be registered against the driver and owner of the tipper and they be arrested soon.

Though the tipper was caught by the police, no case has been registered. Bahadur Singh (22), resident of Garhi Matto, was going on his bicycle. As soon as he reached near the petrol pump, a high-speed overloaded tipper coming from behind hit him, leaving the man died on the spot. The tipper driver fled the spot. People led by Darshan Singh Mattoo, Bar Association Garhshankar president Advocate Pankaj Kripal and Congress leader Pranav Kripal blocked the road by placing the body on the road and started raising slogans against the government.

After the blockade, Garhshankar SHO Baljinder Singh and Mahilpur SHO Raman Kumar arrived at the spot and assured the protesters that the driver and the owner would be arrested and a case would be registered. After this, the protesters lifted the dharna.