Delhi

Motorcycle cop killed in rear-end collision

Staff Reporter

A Delhi Police constable posted with the West district was killed after the motorcycle he was riding was hit from the rear by a rashly driven car in Bindapur area of South-West district. The rear-end collision took place during the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday. The rogue driver managed to get away. Police have registered a case of rash and negligent driving causing death and launched a manhunt to nab the errant driver.

A police official said the deceased has been identified as Prahlad Sahay Meena (44), posted with Mianwali police station in the West district. Meena was posted to this police station in 2012. Meena was on his way home to Dwarka Sector 16 in West Delhi on his motorcycle when   he was hit by a Maruti Alto from behind at around 1 am on Tuesday near Nawada Chowk in South West Delhi’s Bindapur area.

“Soon after the incident, the victim was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival,” said a police official. He was a resident of Rajasthan and inducted in Delhi Police in 1990. He had been posted at Mianwali police station for the last two years.