A 28-year-old man was mowed down by a speeding ambulance of a private hospital near Rajdeep hospital under Bairagarh police station area on Sunday.
According to the police at around 2 o’ clock in the night when victim Deewan Singh along with his wife was on his way to home but, his motorbike got deflated near Rajdeep hospital. He informed one of his friends to help him and when they were standing near his motorbike a speeding ambulance hit him from behind and escaped the spot.
The victim was rushed to a nearby hospital and was declared dead.
After the preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under section 304(A) of the IPC.
The police have arrested the driver and seized the ambulance. The victim was a resident of Kala Khajuri and was a farmer by profession.
Meanwhile, a 40-year-old man committed suicide by jumping into the Upper lake near the Raja Bhoj Statue late night on Sunday.
The investigating officer told that the victim Bhupendra Singh was found dead at around 12 o’ clock in the night at Upper lake. The body was fished out and sent for the post mortem.
The victim was a resident of TT Nagar. The reason of the death could not be ascertained at the moment as the post mortem report is awaited.
The victim used to live with his sister but the statement of sister has not been
recorded yet.
Further details of the death could be revealed during the further investigation.
The police have registered a case under section 174 of the CrPC and have started further investigation.