FIR registered after CP signal pole falls on vehicles and injures 2

…taking him to Kake Da Dhaba when he stopped at the red light near the Minto Road bridge. The passenger in his auto and the scooty rider, who were injured, were taken to nearby hospitals in PCR vans. Budhpal told TOI, “ I come from a decent family and ride my auto on rent. ” The crashing pole injured Budhpal’s arms and spine. “It was shocking. The auto was destroyed,” he said. The passenger, a 12-year-old boy, suffered injuries to his hand and shoulder. The other injured, 73-year-old…

…of wear. However, the pole, like several other in Connaught Place, appeared to have been freshly painted. The condition of its base raised questions about whether the structure underneath the paint had deteriorated. “ Iron rusts after the monsoon. They keep painting over it instead of replacing the structure. It was a huge traffic light carrying a lot of weight. No wonder it fell ,” said Shiva Chauhan, who works at a kulfi shop nearby. The case was registered on the complaint of autorickshaw driver Budhpal, who told police that around 9 pm Tuesday, near a mosque in K-Block on the Outer Circle in…