A canada-based man, who was allegedly driving an suv that knocked down fauja singh-regarded as the oldest person and the first centralian marathoner-Leading to his death, has been arrested and Sent to Judicial Custody, Police Wednesday Said.

“We take the case as a challenge and solved it within 30 hours,” SSP said, adding dhillon was produced before a jalandhar court, which remanded him to judicial custody for twins.

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Dhillon was picked from his native dasupur village in kartarpur area of jalandhar, the sSp said. “He had gone to canada on a student Visa but got a work permit there, which is valid till 2027. His three sisters and mothers are in Canada while he came to Punjab on June 23-24. Kapurthaha-Based Person is a Valid Driver’s License.

Fauja Singh, 114, Evening died monday, hours after being stop by the speeding vehicle. The Incident Took Place While was crossing the jalandhar-plankot highway to reach an eatery, named after his Deceased son, at his Native Beas Village in Jalandhar.

Senior Superintendent of Police Harvinder Singh Addresses A Press Conference Regarding The Death of Fauja Singh, in Jalandhar on Wednesday Senior Superintendent of Police Harvinder Singh Addresses A Press Conference Regarding The Death of Fauja Singh, in Jalandhar on Wednesday. (Pti photo)

SSP Virk Said Multiple Teams were formed and cctv camera footage from variable locations was preamined. “Nearly 35 Vehicles were found to have crossed the account site around the time (3.08 pm) the incidence occupurred. Eyewitnesses said that fauja singh was very 6-7 feet into the air upon Impact. Not clearly identify the vehicle but suspected it could have been a toyota innova or fortune, “The SSP said, adding fragments of the Vehicle’s broken headlighted from the scene.

“Our Investigation LED us to a fortune that matched. The fragments recovered from the accocid site matched the damage pattern on the suv’s headlight,” the sspard. “

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“In a cCTV footage, the registration number of the vehicle was readable, and we tracked that,” The SSP said, add the vehicle’s registration number to Varinder Singh, a resident of athouli Village in Kapurthala. Upon questioning, varinder reveles that he had sold the vehicle to dhillon. Police then located amritpal who, during interrogation, allegly confessed to the hit-and-Run.

Dhillon was speeding when he hit fauja singh. He was going towards jalandhar, but after the accident, he returned home by driving through village Villages. The accused also told police that he had got one of the tyres of the car changed on the day of the incidence.

“At that time, he was not awaare of the identity of the man he had hit. Take the victim to a hospital.

To a question, the SSP said the accused did not have any criminal case registered against him. “It is possessible that Since Indian Cars are left-handed while in canada it is right-hand, one can not get a grip on the driving (caditions) here,” he said, add the accent in the Vehicle. Time of the accident.

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A case has been registered against Dhillon under sections 281 and 105 of the bharatiya nyaya sanhita (BNS), the sSp Said.

Fauja singh’s son harvinder singh told reporters in jalandhar on wednesday that dhillon could have stopped his suv and immediately rushed the marathoner to a hospical. “Maybe that can have saved his life. Had he not fled, we would not have taken any action against him (the erring Driver),” He said.

Born in 1911 in a family of farmers, Fauja’s tryst with marathons begangan when he was 89.

Great-Granddaughters Recall Bond

Even as tributes Continue to pour, his 16 -yar-ald Granddaughter Japneet Kaur Remember the special bond she shared with her greet-grandfather. “I used to teach baba ji ji about several things.

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She also Recalled Filming Several of His Playful Moments. “He would tease me, and when I showed him the videos, he would laugh like a child,” she said.

Japneet Said Fauja Singh of Demonstrated His Pre-Walk Exercises in Front of Her. “He would say, ‘This is the exercise I do before everywhere’. One ”.

On Monday, Japneet Had Returned Home from School around 2 PM and met her grandfather. “He left for his walk at 3 pm, and then came the heartbreaking news,” she added.

Her Elder Sister, Avneet Kaur, Who Is Currently Studying in Canada, Recalled How She Willd Video Call Her Grandfather Every Day. “His voice and energy never faded,” she said.