Punjab: Ludhiana East ACP, gunman killed in accident; vehicle charred

Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], April 6 (ANI): An assistant commissioner of police (ACP) and his gunman in Punjab’s Ludhiana East were killed after their vehicle collided with another on Dyalpura bypass in Samrala late on Friday night, officials said.

According to police, ACP Sandeep Singh and his gunman, identified as Paramjot Singh, suffered grievous injuries after an SUV they were travelling in collided head-on with another SUV coming in the opposite direction.

The duo were coming from Chandigarh and were on their way to Ludhiana when the accident took place. They were taken out of the vehicle and shifted to a nearby hospital. Minutes after the collision, their vehicle caught fire, they said.

Their driver, however, survived the collision. His condition was said to be stable, they said.

The identities of people travelling in the other SUV were not confirmed, they added.

Meanwhile, a case has been registered at Samrala police station and the police were further looking into the acc.