UP Police Forms SIT To Probe Accident Involving Vehicles In Rahul Gandhi’s Convoy
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Police has constituted a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the accident involving vehicles trailing the convoy of Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi during his visit to Sultanpur on October 26. The team, formed on the directions of the Director General of Police, will investigate the circumstances leading to the accident and examine whether there…
The Uttar Pradesh Police has established a special investigation team (SIT) to examine the accident involving vehicles following the convoy of Rahul Gandhi during his visit to Sultanpur on October 26. The SIT, formed as per the directives of the Director General of Police, will investigate the incident to ascertain the cause of the accident and assess any possible lapses in security, escort arrangements, or traffic management.
Rahul Gandhi sustained no injuries in the accident, which occurred while he was travelling to Sultanpur to attend a defamation case. The convoy collided with an ambulance on the expressway. Despite the incident, Gandhi remains unharmed and has been acquitted in a separate defamation case against him, which was dismissed by a special MP-MLA court in Sultanpur on the grounds of insufficient evidence.
The three-member SIT, headed by Inspector General of Police, Lucknow Range, Kiran S, includes Additional Superintendent of Police, Sultanpur, Brij Narayan Singh, and Deputy Superintendent of Police (Traffic) Ram Krishna Chaturvedi. The team has been tasked with conducting a comprehensive investigation into all aspects of the incident and submitting its findings to the police headquarters at the earliest. Furthermore, the SIT is directed to recommend measures to prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future.
Written by urgent.news from Free Press Journal's reporting — not their text. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
