A 25-year-old woman, Rajni, was killed, after she reportedly falling from an auto-rickshaw under mysterious circumstances on the stretch from Tribune Chowk to the Hallo Majra Chowk (Poultry Chowk) on Monday late night. The auto driver fled the spot. The woman was rushed to GMCH, Sector 32, by some passersby and doctors declared brought dead.
The Family members of Rajni have refused to accept the police theory that she died in a road accident. Her family members have alleged that either Rajni was pushed off a moving autorickshaw by someone or she jumped in a bid to save herself. Erric, Rajni’s husband, said “Rajni was not a child who would fall from the auto. The road stretch between Hallomajra light point and Sector 29-31 roundabout is quite smooth, so the auto could not have hit a road bump. There is little chance of a passenger falling out of the three-wheeler.”
Erric, who runs a salon, said, “Either my wife was pushed by someone from the moving auto or she jumped herself to avoid some sort of assault. We will lodge a complaint with senior police officers.”
Inspector Jaswinder Kaur, SHO of Sector 31 police station, said, “We will trace the auto in which Rajni had travelled. She was found lying on the road with severe head injuries and rushed to the hospital by another auto driver, Pankaj Kumar, of Zirakpur. The postmortem of Rajni was conducted by a special panel of doctors and the report ruled out the possibility of sexual assault.” DSP (south) Deepak Yadav said the police were making efforts to trace the absconding auto driver and as per preliminary investigation, it was a road accident case. A case was registered at Sector 31 police station.