A seven-year-old girl died after she was hit by a speeding car at Roop Nagar under Ashoka Garden police station area on Monday.
According to police, the girl, after the accident, was rushed to a nearby hospital where she died during treatment. The deceased was identified as Vimla.
SHO of Ashoka Garden police Manish Mishra said that the girl died while undergoing treatment at Hamidia hospital. The owner of the car was not driving the car, instead one of his employees was driving, who was nabbed after the accident. The owner of the car, according to the registration number is Harish Maran of Ratibad.
Family members have raised allegations that the police nabbed the accused driver from the spot only to release the driver later. They alleged that police investigation is biased and they are trying to safeguard the accused.
The locals also claimed that the driver was nabbed and the car was seized and was taken to the police station and later the driver was released.
On the contrary, the police have refuted the charges and claimed that the errant driver was nabbed and was not released. The car bearing registration number MP04-CA-6292 was seized by the police in the investigation. The police have registered a case under section 304 A of the IPC and have started further investigation.
Meanwhile, five persons including three women were injured after a mini bus rammed into a road divider at Malviya Nagar under Jehangirabad police station on Monday.
Mini bus bearing registration number MP08-PO130 rammed into a road divider after the driver lost control over the vehicle said police. locals vandalised the mini bus after the accident and later the vehicle was seized by the police.
The injured escaped with minor injuries. The driver escaped the spot and search for him has been started by the police.