A 40-year-old Head Constable posted with Gandhi Nagar police station, died while undergoing treatment at a private hospital on Friday. He was hit by a speeding vehicle on July 2.
According to the police, Shrikumar Tomar was on his way to police station on a bike when an unidentified speeding vehicle hit him and escaped the spot. The victim was rushed to Suditi hospital and later he was referred to Hajela hospital. The condition of the victim was critical due to multiple injuries he had sustained. The victim is survived with three children and his wife.
Police said that the victim was having night shift and was on his way to the police station but met with the accident. He was posted with the Gandhi Nagar police station for the past two years. The police have registered a case under section 304 A of the IPC and have started searching for the miscreant. Police are not having any details of the vehicle which hit the victim’s motorbike but based on details and statements provided by the victim they are confident that the errant driver would be nabbed.
Meanwhile a 25-year-old married woman died on Friday who sustained serious burn injuries on July 9 at Berkhedi under Jehangirabad police station area. According to the police on July 9 the Asha Bai’s clothes caught fire under suspicious circumstances at her residence in Jogipura Barkhedi. The victim was rushed to Hamidia hospital where she died on Friday while undergoing treatment.
The police have registered a case under section 174 CrPC and have started further investigation. Police said that the family has claimed that the victim sustained burns accidentally, but the circumstances under which the accident occurred or the family members are not revealing the truth would be investigated.