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Hyderabad: The police said that a man who was demanding money after cleaning cars at a traffic signal in Telangana’s Nizamabad district was allegedly crushed to death by a tipper lorry when a government official traveling in a four-wheeler kicked him after an argument on Saturday.
The police said that the argument happened on Thursday evening when the man started cleaning the window panes of the officer’s car at a traffic junction in Armoor area despite not being told to do so. While the officer waiting for the signal to turn green, the victim, as per his usual MO, came up to his vehicle and started cleaning the car’s window panes, despite the officer telling him not to do so.
They said that after the argument, the officer alighted from the car and allegedly kicked the man who came under the wheels of a tipper lorry which was coming from behind. Unable to move out of the way in time due to being kicked away on the road, the window cleaner came under the wheels of the heavy vehicle and was crushed to death on the spot.
After the incident, official said that the victim belonged to an underprivileged family and cleaned cars at traffic signals in the area– often without consent– seeking money for his services. Police said that a case was registered based on a complaint of the victim’s relatives against the “person driving the car” under Indian Penal Code Section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and the matter is being investigated.
The officer said that the accused, allegedly a high ranking government officer, remains unidentified and efforts are underway to identify him. He further said that further investigation in the case is underway. He added that a case has also been booked under IPC Section 304A (causing death by negligence) against the driver of the tipper lorry.
