Chandigarh, Feb. 17 -- A 28-year-old man has been booked for culpable homicide not amounting to murder after a high-speed crash claimed three lives and left several others injured in a multi-vehicle pile-up on the Sector 5/8 dividing road in Chandigarh on Sunday afternoon.

The accused, Rahul, a resident of Kishangarh, was allegedly driving under the influence of bhang when his Maruti Suzuki SX4 rammed into multiple vehicles around 4 pm near the Sector 5 turn. Police have invoked Section 105 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), a non-bailable offence that applies when a person causes death by a reckless act with knowledge that it is likely to be fatal, though without intent to kill.

According to traffic personnel who witnessed the incid...