The three-member team will be headed by Kiran S, Inspector General of Police, Lucknow Range.
The SIT has been formed on the directions of the Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) to conduct a comprehensive inquiry into the incident, establish the circumstances leading to the collision and examine possible negligence or security lapses. The three-member team will be headed by Kiran S, Inspector General of Police, Lucknow Range. Additional superintendent of police, Sultanpur, Brij Narayan Singh, and deputy superintendent of police (Traffic), Sultanpur, Ram Krishna Chaturvedi, are the other members of the team. The police headquarters has directed the SIT to conduct a comprehensive investigation into all aspects of the incident and submit a detailed report at the earliest. The accident occurred when vehicles travelling behind Rahul Gandhi’s convoy collided while he was travelling from Lucknow towards Sultanpur.
LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh Police have constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the accident involving vehicles travelling behind Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi’s convoy during his visit to Sultanpur on Monday. The SIT will investigate the causes and circumstances of the accident and examine whether there were any lapses in security, escort arrangements or traffic management during the convoy’s movement, according to a press note issued by the Uttar Pradesh Police Headquarters on Monday.
Further details regarding the circumstances of the collision are expected to emerge during the investigation.