A 33-year-old man was mowed down to death by a Tata Sumo after being dragged for around half a kilometre. Police said the incident occurred on Sunday in Shahdara's Krishna Nagar area. Police said that they have arrested the 40-year-old accused and the vehicle involved in the crime has been seized.
Meanwhile, the video of the incident also went viral on social media sites. In the video Bansal can be seen hanging on the door frame of the moving Tata Sumo.
The deceased has been identified as Pradeep Bansal, a resident of Krishna Nagar, while the accused has been identified as Sudhir Kumar, a resident of Delhi.
According to a senior police official, on Sunday late afternoon when Basnal was on his way to his home in the area on his bike, he was allegedly hit by the SUV and in a bid to stop the car Bansal caught holds the left side window of the car.
"Bansal was dragged for around half a kilometer by the culprits until he fell and came under the rear wheels of the SUV," said the senior police official. "Bansal was rushed to nearby hospital where he succumbed to his injuries during the treatment. Police has recovered CCTV footage of the incident. A case under relevant sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC) at Krishan Nagar police station and police teams has nabbed the accused," the senior police official added.