Auraiya tragedy: Cops in Alwar to trace driver & owner of killer truck

Lucknow: A five-member UP police team reached Alwar in Rajasthan to trace the owner and driver of the lime-laden trailer-truck that rammed a stationary DCM truck on National Highway 19, killing 27 migrant workers and injuring 31 in Auraiya on May 16. At least 30 migrant labourers were bundled inside the ill-fated truck along with lime sacks.
Speaking to TOI, superintendent of police, Auraiya, Suniti, said, a five-member police team has been sent to Alwar to nab the driver of the trailer truck, Akhtar Khan.“Distant kin and relatives of the driver were questioned about his whereabouts, but he seems to have fled his native village, Piproli, in Ramgarh area of Alwar,” she said. She also said the team is enquiring about the fitness and insurance of the vehicle. The officer said, electronic surveillance of the driver’s mobile showed he fled towards Kanpur Dehat, just hours after the tragedy.