A first year student of Delhi University was killed while a third year student and a Delhi Police Constable injured after they were hit by a speeding Alto car in North Delhi’s Maurice Nagar area on Friday morning.
The deceased has been identified as Kapil Ratnu, a first year Political Science (Hons) student of the Ramjas College while the injured are Jagriti, a third year Political Science (Hons) student and Constable Mukesh. Both the injured are stated to be out of danger while police are looking for the Alto driver who fled the spot after abandoning his car.
Harendra Kumar Singh, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) said, “We received a call about an accident at around 10:40 am at the Maurice Nagar police station. by the time, a team from the police station reached the accident spot, we found an Alto car (Dl 2CAA7455) in a mangled condition.
As per the statements of the injured, the car first hit the Delhi Police Constable Mukesh, who was on a motorcycle and then hit a pedestrian Kapil Ratnu (19), first year student of Ramjas College. He is a native of Jaisalmer in Rajasthan . Then the car also hit another pedestrian girl Jagriti, a third year student of Political Science of Ramjas College,”
“By the time, the police team rushed the injured to the nearest hospital, Kapil Ratnu was declared brought dead at the Hindu Rao hospital whereas girl Jagriti is in Trauma Centre,” said Singh.
The additional DCP added, “Mukesh is at the Hindu Rao hospital .Both the injured are out of danger,”
Police said that the car owner has been identified as RC Vyas, a resident of Kalyanpuri.
“Teams have been formed to identify and nab the driver as he fled from the spot after abandoning the car,” said the officer.