A 63-year-old taxi driver fatally plunged into the sea along with his vehicle while driving over an under-construction bridge, unaware of its incomplete section. The mishap occurred at Bhaucha Dhakka near Dockyard Road on the night of November 13. The deceased, Jaiprakash Sharma, a resident of the Mumbadevi temple area, reportedly did not know that the middle stretch of the bridge was yet to be completed. His body was spotted around 7.40 p.m. on Thursday.

Acquaintance Demands FIR for ‘Administrative Negligence’

Taxi driver Dharmendra Dubey (35), an acquaintance of the deceased, has demanded that an FIR be registered under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Section 100 (causing death by deliberate negligence) and other relevant sections against those responsible for failing to maintain adequate safe

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