Punjab Police on Friday said that a show-cause notice was issued to the police personnel concerned for “a lapse in traffic discipline” two days after the state police’s pilot jeep, escorting a VIP, hit the car of Lt General D S Hooda (retd) on the Zirakpur flyover.

The police, however, did not disclose the names of the driver of the escort vehicle and the VIP, who they said “is a Punjab Police protectee”.

On Friday, Additional DGP (Traffic) AS Rai wrote on X that the police personnel had been identified and was issued a show-cause notice. “Following the incident involving a Punjab Police escort vehicle on the Zirakpur-Ambala stretch, the following actions have been taken: SP (Traffic), SAS Nagar, and ASP, Zirakpur, met @LtGenHooda, apprised him of the facts, and assured a thorough inquir

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