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Police connected Sunday (February 8, 2026) booked a plaything relation and his staff, a time aft an on-duty inspector died and 11 others got injured erstwhile a elephantine ‘Tsunami’ plaything snapped mid-air and collapsed astatine the Surajkund fairgrounds successful Faridabad.
Jagdish Prasad, the 58-year-old constabulary inspector who died trying to prevention people, was awarded the Police Medal by the Haryana politician successful 2019-20.
The calamity struck the 39th Surajkund International Crafts Mela connected Saturday (February 7, 2026) evening, erstwhile astir 19 radical were riding the plaything earlier it abruptly tilted and past crashed onto the ground, leaving 11 injured.
Prasad, who joined the Haryana Armed Police successful 1989 and was to discontinue successful March aft completing 36 years successful the force, showed large bravery successful trying to prevention those trapped successful the swing, but received terrible injuries successful the process, starring to his decease astatine a hospital, a elder serviceman said.
The mishap occurred hardly an hr aft a gross collapsed astatine the fairground, injuring two, including a child, officials said.
On Sunday (February 8, 2026), the Faridabad constabulary presumption booked the plaything relation and his unit nether Section 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the BNS, based connected a ailment lodged by an adjunct sub-inspector contiguous astatine the mishap tract connected Saturday.
The main accused successful the FIR has been identified arsenic Mohammad Shakir, the proprietor of Himachal Fun Care, which operated the elephantine plaything that snapped, from Himachal Pradesh’s Sirmour district, constabulary said.
The territory administration, meanwhile, has said that the just volition proceed connected Sunday (February 8, 2026), with the plaything country cordoned disconnected pending further investigation.
Police person formed a four-member peculiar probe squad (SIT) to analyse the case, headed by DCP (Crime) Mukesh Kumar, with ACP (Crime) Varun Dahiya, and sub-inspector Sanjay Kumar from the Surajkund constabulary presumption arsenic members, a elder constabulary serviceman said.
The SIT has been tasked with carrying retired a elaborate probe into the incident, including fixing work for negligence, if any, and evaluating adherence to the information compliance measures.
According to the ailment filed by Assistant Sub-inspector Sunny, helium was contiguous astatine the fairground with Inspector Prasad erstwhile galore radical were seen enjoying the ‘Tsunami’ ride.
As the plaything snapped mid-air, Prasad was seen trying to rescue those trapped successful it. However, the plaything abruptly collapsed aft breaking from 1 side, and fell connected them. Prasad, who suffered superior injuries, died astatine a infirmary later.
“The decease of the inspector was caused owed to the deliberate endangerment of people's lives by Himachal Fun Fair’s proprietor Mohammad Shakir and his staff, who did not support the information standards,” the ASI said successful his complaint.
On Saturday (February 7, 2026) night, Haryana DGP Ajay Singhal announced a compensation of Rs 1 crore for the brave inspector and a authorities occupation to 1 subordinate of his family.
Stating that Prasad volition beryllium fixed the presumption of a martyr, the DGP lauded the serviceman for sacrificing his beingness trying to prevention the lives of others.
Haryana Tourism Minister Arvind Sharma connected Sunday (February 8, 2026) said the injured radical are retired of information now.
A committee headed by the further lawman commissioner volition analyse the accident, officials said.
The abrupt demise of Prasad, who is survived by his wife, 2 daughters and a son, each students and unmarried, has shocked his autochthonal colony Dengra successful Mathura district.
One of Prasad’s brothers, Pradeep, is simply a teacher and lives successful the colony with his begetter Surajmal and parent Shanti Devi. His different brother, Satish Chandra, works astatine a chemic mill successful Ballabgarh, portion another, Chandrabhan Singh, works astatine a centrifugal institution successful Faridabad.
“We received the quality astatine 8 p.m. connected Saturday. His woman Sudha lives with her 2 daughters, Nidhi and Deepti, and lad Gaurav, successful a authorities accommodation successful the Sonipat Police Lines. My member was awarded the Police Medal by the politician successful 2019-20,” Pradeep said.
This was the 3rd specified mishap involving a plaything astatine the Surajkund fair, raising questions astir the organisers’ information claims.
Despite a decease successful 2002 and an wounded successful 2019, Saturday (February 7, 2026) saw different fatality.
In 2002, a young antheral died connected a plaything successful the Surajkund just area. At that time, swings were suspended for a fewer years.
Another mishap successful 2019 injured a young man, aft which swings were again suspended earlier being restarted, keeping successful presumption the revenues they generated.
According to officials, strict rules are successful spot for installing swings, for which regular inspections request to beryllium conducted.
