Maharashtra: Man killed, his daughter injured after civic-run bus hits their two-wheeler in Nagpur

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A man was killed and his daughter was seriously injured after a civic-run bus allegedly knocked down their two-wheeler in Maharashtra's Nagpur, a police official said on Sunday, reported the PTI.

According to the news agency, the incident tool place at 8:30 am on Saturday in front of the Bal Bharti office and involved an 'Aapli Bus' of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation, the Sitabuldi police station official said.

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"Shivcharan Bhajelal Dharanwar (58), a resident of Hansapuri, died after being rushed to Government Medical College and Hospital, while his daughter Anushukta (19) sustained injuries in the accident and is undergoing treatment. The two were going on a motorcycle to drop her to her tuitions," the official said, according to the PTI.

A case under Indian Penal Code and Motor Vehicles Act for causing death by negligence as well as rash driving and other offences has been registered, he added.

Bus driver booked for rash driving on complaint of passenger

In an another incident, a driver of a tour and travels bus was booked in Navi Mumbai city of Maharashtra for rash and negligent driving after a 55-year-old woman passenger suffered injuries, a police official said on Sunday, reported PTI.

As per the complainant, the driver of the bus was speeding on May 25 and he navigated a speed breaker at Ghansoli rashly, resulting in her falling off her seat and injuring her.

"She said she suffered swelling in the spine and abdomen due to the bumpy ride. We have booked the driver under IPC and Motor Vehicles Act provisions but he has not been arrested," the Rabale police station official said, the news agency reported on Sunday.

Police form more than 12 teams to investigate multiple aspects of Pune car crash

Meanwhile, the police have formed more than a dozen teams comprising 100 personnel to look into various aspects of the wide-range investigation into the Porsche car crash case allegedly involving a minor driver, an official said.

The police have registered three separate cases after the car allegedly driven by a minor boy fatally knocked down two IT professionals travelling on a motorbike in Kalyani Nagar area of Maharashtra's Pune city on May 19.

The three cases include an FIR in connection with the accident and the second one against the bar that allegedly served liquor to the juvenile. Police have booked the boy's father, a builder, for allowing him to drive the car without a valid license. A third case is about the wrongful confinement and coercion of the family driver to take the blame for the accident.

Among the boy's family members, police have so far arrested his father, grandfather, and his (juvenile's) mother after confirmation that his blood samples were replaced with hers, Pune police chief Amitesh Kumar said on Saturday.

(with PTI inputs)