40 confiscated vehicles gutted

Ludhiana: About 40 vehicles confiscated in different cases were gutted outside Jodhewal police station on Monday, after a speeding vehicle hit a trolley overloaded with stubble that further rammed into an electricity pole and caught fire. The blaze soon engulfed the vehicles parked on roadside.
Due to shortage of space, the Jodhewal police have kept the confiscated vehicles on the roadside of Ludhiana-Amritsar National Highway. About 150 vehicles that are case property are parked there.
Jodhewal police station SHO inspector Mohammad Jamil said, “Around 40 two- and four-wheelers have been gutted. The firemen took over an hour to douse the blaze.”
“The incident took place after an unidentified vehicle hit a trolley, which rammed into an electricity pole and caused sparking. Thereafter, the trolley loaded with stubble caught fire, which spread to the vehicles kept on the roadside,” the SHO added.
SHO added that the police are further checking who was at fault and then would take appropriate action.