KUMUD JENAMANI
Jamshedpur, Jan 13: A 24-year-old youth was killed on the spot and another youth was seriously injured as the bike they were riding was hit by a car at Dugni on the Kandra-Seraikela road under Seraikela Thana area about 28 km away from here on Saturday morning.
The one who sustained grievous injuries has been admitted to the MGM Medical College Hospital (MGMMCH).
The mishap took place as the car deviated from its usual side and hit the two youths head-on, causing one of the victims to die on the spot.
The one who was killed was identified by his surname Sundi and the injured was identified as Tuddu, both residents of West Singhbhum district.
The driver of the car was no one else but the state’s industry department general manager Shiv Kumar who has been taken into custody.
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GM Shiv Kumar tried to tear ‘gutka’ packet while driving leading to collision
According to police, Shiv Kumar was negotiating the almost empty road from the Jamshedpur end and while passing the stretch along Dugni he tried to tear up a sachet of ‘gutka’ while the car was in full motion.
Incidentally, as the hands of the general manager were off the steering, the car deviated from its usual side and hit the bike which was coming from the opposite direction. As a result of the intense collision bike rider Sundi’s head was ruptured, causing the grey material to come out of it. He died instantly.
Some local residents gathered on the spot and arranged the seriously injured to be rushed to the medical college hospital in Jamshedpur.
Accused threatened locals mentioning SP, DC
Significantly, as a section of the local residents questioned Shiv Kumar for driving negligently, the latter tried to cow down the villagers by giving his identity. He even threatened the villagers by taking the names of the SP and DC of the Seraikela-Kharsawan.
The agitated villagers then caught hold of the general manager and thrashed him squarely before handing him over to a police party which had already arrived at the scene.
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Seraikela Thana OC, Arjun Oraon confirmed that the car driver had caused the fatal mishap by driving negligently.
“We have taken the car driver Shiv Kumar into custody. As the kin of the mishap victim are busy in postmortem, we will decide on the line of action against the erring driver after getting a statement from the victim’s family members only,” said Oraon while talking to The Jharkhand Story.
