In a tragic incident, a 32-year-old food delivery executive died after he fell off his bike on a road near the Tughlakabad Metro station in southeast Delhi and was crushed under the wheels of an unidentified heavy vehicle. Police said a Chinese kite string (Manjha) was found entangled around a footrest of the vehicle.
According to a senior police official, Narender was riding on the Badarpur flyover when a stray kite string lying on the road got entangled around the tyre and the footrest of the two-wheeler.
“This could have caused him to fall off the motorcycle when a vehicle coming from behind ran over him,” he said.
Police said that information about the accident was received around 11.50 pm. Police reached the spot and found the body of Narender of Pul Prahladpur on the road with his head crushed, said the senior police official adding that there was no manjha stuck to any part of his body.
"We have registered a case under sections 279 (rash driving or riding on a public way) and 304 A (causing death by negligence) of the Indian Penal Code. No arrests have been made in the case yet," the officer said.
Police said they were analysing CCTV footage to locate the vehicle involved in the accident and also to ascertain where the manjha came from.
Narender is survived by his wife, two sons, aged five and three, younger brother and parents, the police said.