Sambhal police follows tractor-trolley driver to Budaun, attacked

Bareilly: A Sambhal police team chasing a tractor-trolley driver who was allegedly fleeing after hitting a two-wheeler, was

attacked

by locals on entering Budaun on Saturday.

Sambhal police said their counterparts at Faizganj police station in Budaun were informed about the attack and a few locals were nabbed from the spot.

They said a speeding tractor collided with a two-wheeler on Raholi-Chitaura road under Sambhal’s Kudh Fatehgarh police station. One person, Jagat Singh (45), of Hazrat Nagar Gadhi, was killed on the spot while his nephew, Meghpal Singh, was severely injured.

The tractor driver tried to flee the spot but was chased by the police team which followed him till Faizganj Baheta village in neighbouring Budaun district. He abandoned the vehicle there and fled while some unidentified people started pelting stones at the team.

Suresh Gautam, SHO of Faizganj Baheta police station in Budaun, said, “The vehicle has been handed over to the Kudh Fatehgarh police team in Sambhal. The accused has been booked under various IPC sections including 279 (rash driving or riding on a public way).”