Sub-inspector of Police posted with State Police Headquarters died in the wee hours on Sunday while undergoing treatment. He was hit by a speeding car in the night on October 22 on his way to home.

Injured sub-inspector was undergoing treatment at Narmada Hospital for treatment. He died at around 4 am on 30 October. He had suffered a serious head injury. Police have seized the car that hit the driver and arrested the driver.

According to TT Nagar police, Sanjay Sudhakar Nirkhe (60), a resident of New 98 Quarter Mata Mandir, was posted as SI in the administration branch in the police headquarters.

On October 22, the day of Dhanteras, he had gone to buy household items and medicines and was walking home at around 9 in the night during which he was hit by car bearing registration number MP04CR8713 in front  Anjali Complex hit Sanjay f

The family members of Sanjay Sudhakar Nirkhe said that on August 15 this year, he was awarded the President's Meritorious Service Medal by CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan.

Relatives said that Sanjay is survived by his wife and only son in the family.

Employees working together in his branch at the police headquarters said that Sanjay was very serious about the work of the department. He never hesitated to work. As soon as he got the file, he started working immediately.

TT Nagar TI Chain Singh Raghuvanshi told that the car was driving Nehru Nagar resident Shashank Gupta at the time of the accident. During interrogation, he told that he was driving the car, during which time someone's call and picked the call.

He picked up the phone and started talking during which he hit pedestrians.  He was seriously injured in the accident. The car is registered in the name of Shashank.