Two persons were killed when an auto-rickshaw was in which they were traveling was hit by a speeding car near Bhopal Railway station under Bajaria police station area late on Sunday night.
According to the police, at around 1 o’clock in the night, the victim Vimlesh Gond (26) took an auto-rickshaw to Alpana talkies area but the rickshaw was hit by a speeding car killing Vimlesh Gond on the spot while the rickshaw driver Babu Khan (45) died later at the hospital during treatment.
Vimlesh is a car driver and on Sunday night his car’s tyres got flat after which he took auto rickshaw bearing registration number (0845) to repair the deflated tyres but on his way the auto rickshaw was hit by car bearing registration number (4647), told the police.Vimlesh is a resident of Mandideep while Babu Khan used to live at Arjun Nagar near Apsara Talkies.
The errant car driver Ambika Prasad has been nabbed and the car has been seized by the police.The police have registered a case under section 304 (A) of the IPC and have started further investigation.
Meanwhile, a body was found at the VIP road area under Taliya police station on Sunday.According to the investigating officer SI Sunder lal Patel the victim is in the age group of 25-30 years and attire suggests that the victim belongs to a lower middle class family.
Patel denied the possibility of murder as there were no visible injury marks on the body but nothing could be concluded as the post mortem report is awaited. The victim is yet to be identified. The police have registered a case under section 174 of the CrPC and have started further investigation.