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Journalism of Courage
Chandigarh, July 9: The City police have no clue as yet as to the number of the bus which fatally knocked down international handball player Rajni Saini, here yesterday.
The accident yet another case of hit-and-run occurred on the road separating Sector 22 from Sector 17, just opposite the Inter-State Bus Terminus. According to police sources, at around 2.45 pm, Rajni was driving towards Sector 16, when a Punjab Roadways bus coming at a high speed side-swiped her Kinetic Honda and sped away.
Some taxi-drivers who stand near the spot tried to follow the bus but lost track of it. No one noted the number of the bus. However, some eye-witnesses said the bus had a few passengers aboard. Rajni, the youngest of four sisters, was cremated here today. She was to join her diploma course in physical education in Patiala about a fortnight hence. She had taken up a job with a private firm only a couple of months ago. Sneh Lata, one of her classmates, said that she was a very quot;boldquot; girl who would often tell her parents: quot;I won8217;t ever let you feel that you don8217;t have a son.quot; The police have registered a case under Sections 279, 337, and 304 A of the IPC.
Traffic Superintendent of police Balbir Singh, when contacted, said that in such cases where the person flees, it is usually with the help of some eye-witness that the culprit is nabbed.
