2 women mowed down by cop’s car in Jalandhar dist, 1 dead: accused held
One girl was killed and another seriously injured after they were run over allegedly by a police inspector in a village in Punjab’s Jalandhar district on Monday, officials said.
The incident took place in Dhanowali village on the Jalandhar-Phagwara highway, they said.
The girls were standing on the roadside on the highway when the car being driven by inspector Amrit Pal Singh ran over them, killing one girl on the spot, they added.
The deceased has been identified as Navjot Kaur, who worked at a local car showroom.
Singh, posted at Punjab Armed Police headquarters in Jalandhar, has been arrested. A video posted on the internet shows the two girls taking steps backward after seeing the car approaching them. But within moments, the car hits them. Following the incident, traffic on the highway was blocked by locals who sat on dharna.
