LUCKNOW, Feb. 2 -- A Bareilly court on Saturday awarded life sentence to an 'untrained' truck driver whose reckless driving resulted in the death of a police constable in 2018, said senior prosecution officials on Saturday. The driver, Rohit Kumar, had not attained training to drive heavy vehicles when the accident took place, they added.

Then 20 years old, Rohit hit police constable Dharmendra Kumar Yadav, who was 27, from behind and dragged him for 45 metres until the truck was intercepted at Chaupula bridge on Budaun Road in Bareilly on March 9, 2018, said Bareilly additional district government counsel (ADGC)-Crime Digambar Patel.

Rohit was slapped with a penalty of Rs.50,000 and asked to serve extra two years of rigorous imprisonme...