A national-level Kabaddi player lost her life after she was hit by a speeding car in South Delhi’s Hauz Khas area on Monday. The deceased, identified as Deepti Yash, had not just excelled in sports but was a Delhi University topper as well. She was also awarded a certificate of excellence by the HRD Minister for being a top scorer in the CBSE examination. She also excelled in athletics.
Yash had participated in various other games, including chess at national level. According to the police, the incident took place on Monday afternoon. Deepti was walking towards the Metro station and had reached near the August Kranti Marg around 1.30 pm when she was hit by a Volkwagen Polo (Dl 4CAS 6842) car near Kamla Nehru College.
Police arrested a 50-year-old woman, identified as Nalini Agarwal, who was driving the car when the incident took place from her home in Jungpura later in the evening.
“Agarwal, who had stopped her car on the spot after the incident, had fled the scene leaving the car and her cell phone behind after a crowd had gathered the spot following the incident,” said a police official. A passerby, identified as Pankaj Dheer had informed police about the incident. Yash, who had suffered grievous injury in the incident and was bleeding profusely, was rushed to AIIMS Trauma Centre where she was declared dead. The 21-year-old DU student was a bright scholar and was recently awarded a certificate of excellence from the HRD Minister for topping Geography stream in the CBSE exams. She had won around 40 medals in various games and was part of the team which recently won a national junior level championship in kabaddi. “She was preparing for the UPSC exam and aspired to become an IPS officer,” said a family member.
A case of rash and negligent driving under Section 279 IPC and causing death due to negligence has been registered by the police in this connection.