Jalandhar, Dec. 4 -- A block development and panchayat officer (BDPO) has been put under suspension after a 40-year-old woman was run over by a truck in a road accident that happened in Jalandhar's Phillaur sub-division.

Deceased Paramjit Kaur was riding pillion on a motorcycle, which skidded on the Phillaur-Nawanshahr road near Nagar village due to the sewage-waterlogged stretch. The victim fell on the road and was run over by a truck coming from the other side.

The incident happened late at night on Tuesday, following which the villagers blocked the road and staged a protest against the local administration for its failure to improve the condition of the road.

The villagers alleged that the matter related to the accumulation of sewag...