Barmer, Sept 22:
Arjuna awardee Gaurav Gill and his navigator were booked today on charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder after their car rammed into a motorcycle during the National Rally Championship race here killing a couple and their son, police said.
A police official said companies involved in the event — Maxperienace, Mahindra, JK Tyres, MRF Tyres and the Federation of Motor Sports Club of India — have also been named in the FIR in connection with the Saturday accident.
“The FIR was registered with Samdari police station at 2 am Sunday under section 304 of IPC against G. Gill and M Sherif,? Additional Superintendent of Police Khinv Singh said.
Under Section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), the maximum punishment is life imprisonment.
“The complaint was given by the son of the deceased. The names were written on the vehicle that hit a motorcycle killing three on the spot on Saturday,” Singh said.
The victims were identified as Narendra Kumar, his wife Pushpa Devi and their son Jitendra. (PTI)
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