SHAHKOT The Shahkot police have identified and arrested a driver on the charge of causing death by negligence and rash driving.

The investigating officer Kashmir Singh said that the accused has been identified as Raja Ram Bishnoi a resident of the Bikaner district in Rajasthan.

Karan Kumar a resident of Begum Pur village in Kapurthala has complained to the police that the unidentified accused was driving fast and rashly his heavy-duty trailer (RJ-07-GE-0643) on May 13 on National highways and hit his tractor trolley and a Bolero jeep and killed an unidentified person near Bajwa Kalan village and damaged vehicles.

The investigating officer Kashmir Singh said that a case under section 304-A (causing death by negligence), 279(rash driving on a public way) 337,338(act endangering life or personal safety of others) and 427(mischief) of the IPC was registered against the accused who was released on bail.