According to the provisions of the Motor Vehicle Act, tractors can be used only for agriculture purposes.

The deceased was identified as 25-year-old Arvinder Singh, a resident of Phullanwal village on Pakhowal road.

According to police sources, the accident occurred when Arvinder Singh was on his way home on a motorcycle.

Sources said he had bought food from a restaurant.

When he crossed the traffic lights on the Sidhwan Canal bridge, a tractor-trolley laden with sand, ran him over.

Passersby caught hold of the tractor driver and handed over him to police.

The driver of the tractor-trolley has been identified as Kesar Singh and his vehicle has been impounded.

He has been booked in a case of causing death due to rash and negligent driving.

Arvinder Singh was a budding model and had featured in videos of some Punjabi songs. Singh’s body has been sent to the Civil Hospital for a postmortem examination.