Stray cattle claim biker’s life in Mohali

Tribune News Service

Mohali, April 17

A 40-year-old man was killed while his wife sustained injuries after a herd of stray cattle suddenly came in front of his motorcycle on Tuesday morning near the Chawla light point in Phase VII here.

The deceased has been identified as Rajinder, a resident of Sector 52-C, Chandigarh, who worked as a safai sewak in a firm in Mohali.

According to the police, the incident occurred around 6 am when the victim and his wife, Suman, were going for work on a Platina bike.

The victim was riding the bike and his wife was seated pillion. The police said when the couple took a left turn from Chawla Chowk towards Mataur village, a herd of stray cows came in front of their bike.

The police said the victim crashed into a stray cow, sustaining a severe head injury, while his wife received an injury on her forehead.

Passersby informed the police at the Mataur police station, who rushed the victim to the Civil Hospital in Phase VI, where he was declared brought dead.

The investigating officer, Sehajpreet Singh, said the man was not wearing a helmet and did not notice the herd coming from the Mataur village side. “The cow also sustained a leg injury and was shifted to a gaushala,” said the police official.

The postmortem was conducted in the afternoon. The police have initiated inquest proceedings under Section 174 of the CrPC. The victim is survived by his wife, four daughters and a son. This is the third death of a motorist caused by stray cattle in Mohali in three years.