Apple cartons taken from a truck that overturned: Two Punjab businessmen help a trader in Kashmir and donate $9 lakh

CredentTv: After a truck overturned near Rajindergarh village in Fatehgarh Sahib district on Saturday afternoon, two Punjabi businessmen came forward on Monday to assist a Kashmiri trader whose cartons of apples were stolen.

Villagers and bystanders stole as many as 1,265 cartons of apples after the fruit-filled truck flipped on the Delhi-Amritsar highway in the Fatehgarh Sahib district. (Video capture)

After a truck wrecked in Rajindergarh hamlet in Fatehgarh Sahib district on Saturday afternoon, two Punjabi businessmen stepped forward on Monday to assist a Kashmiri trader whose boxes of apples were stolen.

Mohammad Shahid, a resident of Sopore in the Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, received a check for $9.12 lakh from Rajwinder Singh of Patiala and Gurpreet Singh of Mohali as payment for his losses.

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Villagers and bystanders took as many as 1,265 boxes of apples after the fruit-filled truck flipped on the Delhi-Amritsar highway in the Fatehgarh Sahib area. According to senior superintendent of police for Fatehgarh Sahib Ravjot Grewal, the truck was travelling from Srinagar to Bihar.

After the Sunday social media video of apple cartons being removed went viral, the police detained unidentified individuals.

According to the SSP, the police detained 10 people and reported two more for stealing apple cartons from the truck on Monday.

Rajwinder Singh and Gurpreet Singh approached the police and stated that they wanted to make up for the truck owner’s loss. Shahid received a check for 9.12 lakh rupees, according to Gurpreet.

When Shahid saw the video of apple cartons being stolen, he said he felt bad but didn’t think it could have happened in Punjab, where people are always willing to offer assistance.