Lagatar24 Desk
Ahmedabad, Dec 23: The Gujarat Police have started an investigation into the reported death of a man hailing from Gandhinagar while attempting to climb the ‘Trump wall’ at the US-Mexico border wall, the officials said on Friday.
As per information, the man was identified as Brijkumar Yadav (32), a resident of Kalol taluka of Gandhinagar district. He died after a fall while scaling the US-Mexico border wall in an attempt to illegally enter the United States of America, while his wife and three-year-old son suffered severe injuries in the incident that occurred on Wednesday.
“Brijkumar Yadav, his wife, and three-year-old son embarked on their illegal journey to the US a fortnight ago. They had approached an agent in Kalol. Yadav worked with a private firm in Kalol GIDC,” said a police officer.
Brijkumar Yadav and his family were among 40 people, mainly from north Gujarat, who were supposed to cross the border from Tijuana in Mexico to San Diego in the US on Wednesday.
Reports said that while Yadav’s wife fell to the US side of the wall, their son fell to the Mexican side.
After hearing the sound of a fall, the Mexican security officials rushed to the area and were quick to pronounce that Yadav has died while they took his son to a hospital in Tijuana and his wife was taken to a hospital in San Diego after suffering from arm and hip fractures.
After the incident, the state Criminal Investigation Department (CID) ordered an investigation to clarify the facts and take necessary action against agents who were involved in the illegal immigration of people.
