Agartala, Aug. 7 -- The Tripura government has suspended the Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) of Teliamura and issued a show-cause notice to the District Magistrate (DM) of Khowai following the death of a truck driver who remained trapped inside his vehicle for nearly seven hours after an accident on National Highway 8 on August 5.
In a preliminary inquiry into the incident, Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha acknowledged serious lapses in the administrative response to the accident, which occurred around 2:30 am at Chakmaghat in Khowai district.
A cement-laden truck had veered off the road and crashed into a tree, trapping the driver, 26-year-old Mihir Lal Debnath of Kanchanpur, North Tripura, inside the mangled cabin.
Despite the presence of ...