NAROWAL (Dunya News) – A young motorcyclist died after his bike collided with a vehicle of Punjab CM Maryam Nawaz's security squad in Chandowal area of Narowal district on Thursday.
The district police officer (DPO) said the squad was going to Kartarpur for CM Maryam's security. An elite security squad’s vehicle hit the motorcycle while trying to overtake him, said the police officer.
The chief minister was visiting the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur to address a gathering of pilgrims on the occasion of Baisakhi Mela.
The youngster’s body was shifted to the Narowal district headquarters hospital, while an FIR was lodged on behalf of the victim’s family, said the police officer.
The DPO said an "indiscriminate legal action" would be taken against those police officials who hit the biker with their vehicle.
Police said the case had been registered on the complaint of the victim’s cousin at the Saddar police station.
In the FIR, he mentioned that he was working at his shop when he came to know that a government vehicle hit his cousin Abubakar and the driver sped away.
“My cousin succumbed to his injuries at the DHQ hospital,” said the complainant.