Doda Police has booked Dheeraj Gupta, the owner of the Assar accidental bus, for not properly following the procedures and traffic regulations. The ill-fated bus was on its way from Kishtwar towards Jammu when it met with an accident at Trungal Assar on November 15, 2023, in which 39 passengers died and 17 were injured.
A case FIR No. 21/2023 U/S 279/337/304-A IPC was registered at Police Station Assar and investigation has been taken up.
A Special Investigation Team (SIT) has also been constituted headed by Dy.SP DAR Doda under the supervision of Addl. SP Hqrs. Doda for carrying out the investigation of the case on a day-to-day basis and to ascertain the cause of the accident.
Further investigation is going on and all aspects of the investigation are being examined by the SIT constituted to investigate the case.
