A 45-year-old man, while de-boarding an RTV bus, lost his balance and was crushed under its wheels on Friday in Shakarpur area of East Delhi. The man died as his mother who was sitting in the RTV, watched helplessly.
According to Pankaj Singh, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), East district the deceased is identified as Mahender who works as a daily wage labourer.
“We received a Police Control Room (PCR) call around 9: 50 am on Friday regarding the incident following which a team had rushed to the spot. Mahendra was taken to the nearby hospital where doctors declared him brought,” said the DCP.
“During our initial investigation, we came to know that Mahendra had come to a bus stand near Laxmi Nagar Metro Station in east Delhi to drop his 68-year-old mother. After his mother boarded the RTV bus, he was getting down from the vehicle when he fell from the footboard. His head was crushed under the wheels of the bus,” said the DCP.
“A case was registered under section 279/304A of Indian Penal Code (IPC) in the matter on a complaint by Mahendra’s mother. The accused driver identified as Rahul (30), who had fled the spot after incident was later arrested by the police,” the DCP added.