BJP leader's son runs over sleeping labourers in Jaipur, two killed
Jaipur, Sep 1 (IBNS) : A speeding vehicle ploughed through four labourers sleeping on the pavement in Jaipur on Friday, killing two of them, media reports said.
A local BJP leader's son, who was at the wheels has been arrested after passers-by handed him over to the police.
The accused driver Bharat Bhushan Meena, 35, was drunk and the alcohol level in his blood was nine times the legal limit, NDTV reported quoting the police.
Bharat and his friends, who were also drunk, first hit the pavement under the flyover near Gandhi Nagar railway station, say reports. When the driver accelerated and tried to flee, he lost control and crushed the sleeping labourers.
The police have charged Bharat with attempt to murder and rash driving under the influence of alcohol.
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