Mohali mishap: Car driver sent to judicial remand

Tribune News Service

Mohali, September 18

Car driver Harpreet Singh, who reportedly mowed down a 50-year-old sanitation worker and injured two other women in Phase 10 here yesterday, was today produced in a court. He was sent to judicial remand.

Both Injured women out of danger: DSP

Mohit Singla, DSP, Phase 10 police station, said: “Both women, who are undergoing treatment at the GMCH-32, are out of danger now. The condition of one of them is stable, while there is an improvement in the condition of another woman. The suspect was produced in the court, which sent him to judicial remand.”

Mohit Singla, DSP, Phase 10 police station, said: “Both women, who are undergoing treatment at the GMCH-32, are out of danger now. The condition of one of them is stable, while there is an improvement in the condition of another woman. The suspect was produced in the court, which sent him to judicial remand.”

Omviri, a resident of Jagatpura Colony, died while two other women - Kambali resident Mamta and Ramviri - were seriously injured when a speeding luxury car, driven by the 22-year-old youth, ran over them. The victims belonged to one family. The deceased, Omviri, was the mother-in-law of Mamta. Rambiri is Mamta’s mother.

The car driver, Harpreet Singh, 22, a resident of Phase XI, was arrested. A case under Sections 279, 304, 337 and 338 of the IPC was registered against him at the Phase XI police station.

“The car driver is preparing for IELTS and getting coaching from a private institute in the tricity. His friend Gurtaz Singh and two girls were accompanying him at the time of the incident,” the police said. The suspect was the son of Jaswinder Singh, a factory owner, said the police.