KHARAGPUR: A truck driver from Maharashtra was overwhelmed to loss of life after stepping out of his automobile to assist a biker he had hit in Kharagpur, West Bengal, on Wednesday evening. The biker additionally died within the accident.
Shyam Shankar Dhankuar was heading in the direction of Chaurangi when he hit 30-year-old Arjun Nayek round 10.30pm. As a substitute of fleeing, Dhankuar stopped and obtained down to assist the sufferer.Nonetheless, locals surrounded him, vandalised the automobile, and took him to a neighborhood membership, the place he was assaulted. The biker was taken to Kharagpur sub-divisional hospital, the place he was declared useless on arrival.
A big police pressure from two police stations went to the membership to manage the mob and rescue the truck driver, and needed to resort to lathicharge. Seven cops have been injured within the scuffle whereas making an attempt to avoid wasting the truck driver, SP Dhritiman Sarkar mentioned.
