A 78-year-old retired Lt Colonel, Balwinder Singh, has been running from pillar to post to seek justice for his grandson Japjee Singh(19), who was killed in a road accident in Moga last year.The former Army officer, a resident of Basant Avenue here, said his grandson was hit head-on by a rashly-driven tractor-trailer on the night intervening July 24 and 25 near Dagru village on the Moga-Ferozepur road.Japjee was riding a motorcycle.File photo Japjee Singh who had died in road accident in MogaWith nikhil storyJapjee was pursuing internship at Hyatt Hotel in Ludhiana and he used to return home every night. Singh said he had no reason to go towards Moga near Dagru village, which was 70 km from hotel, on that night.Even burnt paddy straw was also found near body which raised the suspicion that the driver might have tried to eliminate evidence, he claimed.Japjee suffered fatal injuries as the tyre of the tractor-trailer ran over him. The errant driver fled, along with the vehicle. Japjee was rushed to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead.Singh alleged poor and unprofessional investigation by the Moga police.He said despite the accident occurring at 1.30 am on July 25, cops from the Moga Sadar police station reached the spot almost eight hours late.By then, the accused driver had got ample time to escape and hide the tractor-trailer at a safe place.Even the police failed to procure CCTV footage of toll booths, hotels or dhabas on the highway.“I have held eight meetings with the Moga SSP, four with the SP (Detective), one with the SP (Headquarters), 11 with the Moga DSP, and one with the present DSP. Every time, I go to enquire whether the tractor-trailer driver has been identified, I get the same vague reply that the police is working on the case and it will be solved soon,” he said.“Though my age does not permit me to take such stress, I will not sit idle. I will continue to knock on the doors of the police until the killer is caught,” he asserted.Singh said during one meeting with a senior officer, the officer had claimed that the owner of the tractor-trailer had been traced.“However, the officer later retracted his statement and said the vehicle had not been identified. I think the owner of the vehicle must be a well-connected person, which is why the police are not mustering the courage to take action,” he alleged.When contacted, Moga DSP Jatinder Singh Gill said the police were serious about delivering justice in the case. He added that some suspects had been questioned, but the tractor-trailer had still not been identified.“The case will be solved soon and the culprit will be punished,” he assured.Aam Aadmi Party MLA from Moga Amandeep Kaur, when apprised of the issue, said she would speak to the Moga police officers and ensure that justice was served by nabbing the accused.“I will also check why the police have been unable to trace the tractor-trailer involved in the accident even after nine months,” she added.