Tractor driver dragged for 500 metres by truck in Punjab, family blocks road for 6 hours
Hoshiarpur, Aug 26: A tractor driver was killed on Saturday allegedly after his vehicle collided with a truck, which dragged him along for 500 metres after he got stuck between the tyres of the tractor, police here said.
Hoshiarpur Superintendent of Police Major Singh said the accident happened near Shahpur village this morning following which infuriated relatives and locals blocked a road for nearly six hours, demanding the arrest of the truck driver.
A truck loaded with a stone crusher collided with a sand-laden tractor-trailer, being driven by victim Sukhdev Singh (21), from behind, police said.
Singh, from Bhanglan Khera village in Rupnagar district, somehow got trapped between the tyres of his vehicle and the speeding truck dragged the tractor for approximately 500 metres, they said.
"The incident was so tragic that Sukhdev's body parts were scattered in different directions. Subsequently, the truck driver fled the scene with his vehicle," a police official said.
The infuriated residents of the area, led by Sukhdev's father Jaswinder Singh placed the victim's body at Adda Shahpur and staged a protest, which disrupted traffic for six hours.
The protestors demanded the arrest of the accused. Later, they lifted their dharna after SP Manoj Singh pacified them.
The accused driver would be arrested soon, the SP said.
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Two arrested in K'taka for assaulting minors, uploading CSAM content
Bengaluru (PTI): Two men were arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting two minor girls, recording the acts on mobile phones and uploading the videos online as child sexual abuse material, police said on Thursday.
The accused have been identified as Kiran Kumar (29), hailing from Chitradurga district, and Aditya M K (20), hailing from Shivamogga district, they said.
A probe was initiated after information was received from the NCRP portal regarding a suspected instance of creation of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) for online dissemination, police said.
Accordingly, a case was registered at Kaggalipura Police Station under relevant sections of the IT Act on May 10, they added.
Investigation revealed that two minor girl victims were exploited and videos were created and uploaded to the internet. The child victims have subsequently recorded their statements as per procedure and further necessary legal steps have been taken, Pronab Mohanty Director General of Police, Cyber Command, said in a statement.
Based on the statements of the victims, the accused persons, who allegedly assaulted the minors, recorded the acts on mobile phones and uploaded the videos online, were arrested, he said.
Following the probe, sections 65(2) (rape) and 70 (gangrape) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, along with relevant sections of the POCSO Act, have been added to the FIR, police said.
Officials collected relevant information and on May 12, arrested the accused persons and seized three mobile phones belonging to them, in which the videos had allegedly been recorded, he said.
The accused were later produced before the court and taken into police custody for further investigation, he added.
According to him, in CSAM cases, police usually apprehend offenders who have downloaded such content or have kept them in their possession after obtaining them from elsewhere, usually the internet.
"The present case is one of the very few instances where content creators and uploaders have been apprehended," Mohanty added.
