Doda Road accident: Bus owner nabbed by police

Aman Zutshi

Jammu: The J&K police last night yesterday nabbed the  culprit of brutal Doda road accident that claimed 39 lives and wounded 17 people at Assar area of Doda  district on November 15.

A  Special Investigation Team (SIT) led by Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) DAR Doda and Addl SP Doda  was formed to conduct a thorough probe to unearth the reason of the tragic accident.

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The  Doda police arrested the owner of the bus Deeraj Gupta s/o Kundan Lal Gupta who is a resident of Narwal Pain Satwari Jammu, for not properly following provisions of Motor Vehicle Act.

The bus was driven by a professional driver, Shakeel Ahmad, who also lost his life in the mishap.