Former cricketer Suresh Raina's cousin was killed in a collision that also claimed the life of another man riding the same scooter, police said on Thursday. Saurabh Kumar, Raina's maternal cousin, and his friend Shubham from Kuthman were killed in a car collision near Gaggal airport on Wednesday, they said. Superintendent of Police (SP) Kangra, Shalini Agnihotri, said the incident took place near Himachal Timber in Gaggal around 11.30 pm on Wednesday.
According to police, the driver of the car, Sher Singh, was responsible for the collision.
He had fled the scene but with the help of the CCTV footage, which captured the incident, Singh was later arrested from Mandi, they added.
A case has been registered against the accused under Sections 279 (rash driving) and 304A (causing death by negligence) of the Indian Penal Code along with Section 187 of the Motor Vehicles Act, police said.
Recently, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) legend Suresh Raina opened up about the much-talked-about controversy surrounding his withdrawal from the IPL 2020 season in the UAE. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Raina had traveled to the country with the rest of the players but pulled out before the start of the season citing personal reasons and COVID-19 bio-bubble arrangements. There were several theories about Raina's decision to back out. One such rumor claimed that Raina left the bio-bubble after being denied a hotel room with a balcony.
Reacting to the rumors, Raina revealed that he pulled out of the tournament to spend time with his father and close ones after his family members were killed in Punjab.
“There was mourning in the family, I went to Punjab. In my uncle's family there were deaths. The Kaccha gang…who came with oil on their bodies. A group of gangsters killed the whole family, my grandmother was there also. It happened in Pathankot. So I went there. But there was a bio-bubble in the IPL, where you couldn't go back. My father was very upset in stress. I thought cricket came next, I could play anytime, first and foremost my family was important,” Raina said during an interaction at Lallantop.
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