A 30-year-old man was crushed to death by a DTC bus in North-West Delhi’s Mahindra Park area on Sunday afternoon. Angry locals smashed at least three DTC vehicles and a police Jeep. Police had to resort to force to dispel the agitated locals and registered a case against unidentified people for damaging public property.
The accident took place around 1 pm when Manav was riding a scooter with his friend Jaspreet Singh as pillion. They were heading home to Tilak Nagar when a DTC bus hit the two-wheeler from the rear.Manav was thrown off the vehicle while Singh was mowed down by the bus. The duo was rushed to a nearby hospital where Jaspreet was pronounced dead on arrival. Manav however, was discharged after treatment.
locals saw the bus driver moving away after the accident and vented their anger by attacking other DTC buses and a police Jeep. Police were informed of the incident and they arrived at the scene to control the agitators. A police officer said that the erring driver — Jasbir — in fact stopped the bus when he realised what had happened.
However, the driver has been arrested and booked for negligent driving at Mahindra Park police station. Jaspreet’s body has been sent for a post-mortem and his next of kin informed. The victim ran a small factory that produced ice cubes.