The police here have launched a probe after a man claimed that his uncle died while being rushed to a hospital as a local BJP leader held up the ambulance following a minor crash involving his car.
Allegations trashed
Arun Kumar claimed that he was taking his uncle, aged around 45, to a cardiologist in an ambulance when it hit the car of the BJP leader from Fatehabad at a roundabout, SHO of the Fatehabad city police station, Atma Ram, said. “The complaint alleged that the BJP municipal council leader allegedly stopped the ambulance for a few minutes after it hit his car. The patient allegedly died as he didn’t get timely treatment,” he said.
“We have taken cognisance of the complaint, but no case has been registered so far,” Mr. Ram said.
The BJP leader, however, trashed the allegations. He told reporters that the ambulance hit his car from behind near the old bus stand and that he asked the ambulance driver to leave immediately on finding it was carrying a patient.