Around eleven days after one was killed in a road accident in Raipur, Dehradun police arrested the person whose car caused the accident, from Raipur on Tuesday. The car was also impounded. It is learnt that the car knocked a pedestrian from the back, killing him on the spot. SP City Ajay Singh said that the accident had occurred on the night of April 6. Twin - Ramal Singh Negi and Rajan Singh- was returning to their home from Sahastradhara Road after completing duty in a private company located at IT park at around 11.30 pm on April 6 when the accident occured. A car coming speedily from the side of IT Park had hit Rajan Singh Negi from the back. Police had rushed injured Ranjan to a nearby hospital, but the doctor had declared him brought dead. His brother Ramal Singh had narrowly escaped from the accident.
After Ramal Singh Negi had registered a complaint at Raipur police station on April 7, a team had been formed to investigate the case. The team members had reviewed CCTV footages at various places like Survey Chowk, Ring Road, Aasharodi, Jogiwala but failed to trace the car and the accused. However, some parts of the car recovered from the accident site finally helped police to trace the car. Abhiratn, resident of Ukhimath, Rudraprayag, currently living in Rajeev Nagar, Nehru Colony was identified as the person police were looking for and was arrested.