CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: The driver of an illegal sand-laden truck tried to run over the collector of Maharashtra’s Beed district on Friday. When the collector’s bodyguard tried to stop the truck by entering the driver’s cabin, the trucker sped away, dragging the bodyguard hanging from the side of the truck for almost a kilometre. A case of attempt to murder has been filed against the driver.
Collector Deepa Mudhol-Munde said: “I started from Aurangabad for Beed in my official car at 2am. While crossing Gevrai around 3.15am, I spotted a numberless sand-laden vehicle. My team turned on my car’s sirenand started chasing it. We got ahead of the truck and tried to stop it. But the truck driver tried to run us over.”
Collector Deepa Mudhol-Munde said: “I started from Aurangabad for Beed in my official car at 2am. While crossing Gevrai around 3.15am, I spotted a numberless sand-laden vehicle. My team turned on my car’s sirenand started chasing it. We got ahead of the truck and tried to stop it. But the truck driver tried to run us over.”