Kanwariyas block freeway after automobile hits fellow trekker
PRAYAGRAJ: A Kanwariya was injured in a highway accident on the busy Pratapgarh-Prayagraj freeway on Saturday morning. Upset over the incident, numerous different Kanwariyas created ruckus and blocked the busy freeway for round three hours. This resulted in a big visitors jam close to Dadauli intersection beneath Soraon police station, round 30 km from Sangam metropolis in trans-Ganga area of the district, knowledgeable police officers.
Upset Kanwariyas staging a highway blockade on the busy Prayagraj-Pratapgarh freeway on Saturday morning. (HT)
Senior cops rushed to the spot and after hours of persuasion and confirming that the injured Kanwariya was out of hazard, managed to get the highway blockade lifted, they added.
As per info, a big group of Kanwariyas was on its approach from Phaphamau in Prayagraj to Pratapgarh to supply Ganga water at Baba Belkhar Nath temple on the banks of Sai river when the incident passed off. A automobile coming at excessive velocity brushed one of many Kanwariyas, recognized as Shivam Singh (13) of Pratapgarh . The automobile driver fled the scene with the automobile because the boy with minor accidents was rushed to hospital for remedy.
Upset over the incident, tons of of Kanwariyas staged a highway blockade and demanded motion towards the errant automobile driver.
Senior police officers, together with DCP (trans-Ganga Abhishek Bharti, ACP Shailendra Singh and SHO of Soraon police station Ashok Kumar rushed to the spot and after round three hours managed to persuade the agitating Kanwariyas to carry the blockade and proceed on their pilgrimage.
ACP Shailendra Singh mentioned that on the criticism of the injured boy’s kin, an FIR had been registered towards the unidentified automobile driver. “We’re utilizing CCTV footage to establish the automobile driver and he could be nabbed quickly,” he added.
