It began as a near-hopeless case, a fatal hit-and-run on one of Delhi’s busiest highways, no eyewitnesses, no visible clues, and not a single working CCTV camera at the actual crash site. But four days later, with dogged investigation and a relentless sweep of over 100 surveillance cameras across two cities, the Delhi Police cracked the mystery wide open.
The tragic incident occurred on the night of June 7 near the Shiv Murti on NH-8, a location infamous for high-speed traffic and chaotic late-night movement. A 27-year-old man, Ashish Kumar, was struck by a speeding vehicle while riding his two-wheeler toward Gurugram. The car didn’t stop. Passersby alerted the police, and Ashish was rushed to Medanta Hospital and later shifted to Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi, where he was declared brought dead. “There were no functional cameras at the crash site itself. We had to think like the driver — where could he have gone next, which route would he take, how fast would he be moving,” said DCP Amit Goel, South West District.
With no witnesses and no immediate identification of the offending vehicle, the case could have easily slipped into the long list of unsolved accidents. But a determined team from Vasant Kunj South Police Station — led by SHO Inspector Arvind Pratap Singh and guided by ACP Dr. Garima Tiwari — refused to give up.
What followed was an exhaustive investigation that spanned nearly 25 kilometers, from Mahipalpur in Delhi to IFFCO Chowk in Gurugram. The team meticulously combed through more than 100 CCTV camera feeds.
Every possible traffic feed along the corridor was reviewed — frame by frame, hour by hour. The team gradually narrowed their search to approximately 20 suspect vehicles. And then, a breakthrough came. At IFFCO Chowk in Gurugram, CCTV footage revealed a brown Renault Triber speeding through — just minutes after the estimated time of the accident. The vehicle’s registration number, MH 12 TY 4185, was visible in the footage. That one clue set the wheels in motion.
The car was registered to Mrs S Majumdar. When contacted by the police, she disclosed that her driver, 51-year-old B Jinender Jain, was driving the car on the night of June 7. Jain, a resident of Padmarathna village in Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka, had been working in Delhi and was using the vehicle at the time.
Police soon traced Jain’s location to Jasola in South Delhi and arrested him. The Renault Triber was also seized. During interrogation, Jain reportedly confessed to the hit-and-run, claiming he panicked and fled the scene after the collision.
Police sources indicate that further investigation is underway, particularly to match vehicle damage with forensic evidence and verify the sequence of events through technical analysis.
The Delhi Police stitched together a trail from scattered digital clues and ultimately delivered justice to the grieving family of Ashish Kumar. “Blind hit-and-run cases are the hardest to crack. The team’s attention to detail, methodical review of CCTV footage, and coordinated follow-up paid off,” said the DCP Amit Goel.