Chandigarh: Protests broke out near south Punjab's Channu village on Friday after a 14-year-old girl was allegedly crushed to death by a bus owned by senior Akali Dal leader Hardeep Singh popularly known as Dimpy Dhillon.
The speeding bus hit Arshdeep Kaur who was walking on along the road, killing her instantly, witnesses said.
Angry villagers along with family members of the victim blocked a local road and refused to cremate the body, calling for a first information report from the police against the driver and the owner of the bus company.
Villagers damaged the bus after the accident and later smashed windows of another bus of the same transport company.
Dimpy Dhillon, who owns the company, is the Chairman of District Planning Board Muktsar and is close to the ruling Badal family.
Police is yet to take down the statement of the victim's family, said villagers, who have refused to leave the site of the incident.
In May, the ruling Badal family had been drawn into a similar controversy after a teenage girl was molested and pushed off a moving bus owned by Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal's Orbit company.
The incident in Moga had led to massive state-wide anti -government protests against transport companies owned by leaders of the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal.
The speeding bus hit Arshdeep Kaur who was walking on along the road, killing her instantly, witnesses said.
Angry villagers along with family members of the victim blocked a local road and refused to cremate the body, calling for a first information report from the police against the driver and the owner of the bus company.
Dimpy Dhillon, who owns the company, is the Chairman of District Planning Board Muktsar and is close to the ruling Badal family.
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In May, the ruling Badal family had been drawn into a similar controversy after a teenage girl was molested and pushed off a moving bus owned by Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal's Orbit company.
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