Bulandshahr (UP), Apr 20 (PTI) A police sub-inspector was killed after he was allegedly hit by a speeding truck here on Wednesday, police said.

Sub-inspector Sanjay Kumar Yadav (55), posted at Pahasu police station, was checking vehicles when a speeding truck crushed him to death, they said.

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Senior Superintendent of Police Santosh Kumar Singh said reports that the sub-inspector was killed by mining mafia were completely baseless.

Yadav hailed from Dhaurra village in the Eitmadpur area of Agra district.

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The truck has been seized and the driver arrested, police said.

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