MAN RUNS OVER HIS 2YEAROLD DAUGHTER

A 26-year-old man accidentally ran over his two year-old daughter while he was reversing a tempo in Bhiwand on Sunday.

Sanjaykumar Gupta, a resi dent of Hanuman Nagar in Tad ali, has been booked and wil soon be arrested. He transports materials and luggage in his tempo.

On Sunday, Gupta came home for some time and he had to leave again for work. “As Gupta was leaving, his daughter Pooja followed him and started asking for chocolates. He took her in his tempo to the market bought chocolates and dropped her home,” said an officer from Bhiwandi city police station.

After she got down from the tempo, he told his family mem bers to take her inside and that he would be back in an hour.

Dinesh Katke, senior police inspector, said, “He started the tempo and started reversing Because of the engine sound, he didn’t realise that his daughter had come out of the house cry ing and was running towards the vehicle.”

While he was reversing, the vehicle hit his daughter.

“Some children, who were playing outside, started shout ing and alerted Gupta and the family members,” said Katke.

Pooja was taken to hospita but was declared brought dead

“The family is in a shock Gupta is the complainant and the accused in the case. We wil arrest him after the girl’s final rites,” added Katke.

Gupta was booked under sec tions 304a, 279, 337 and 338 of the Indian Penal Code.