In yet another tragic incident, a 50-year-old man was mowed to death by a speeding car in North-east Delhi’s GTB enclave on Thursday. Police said the errant driver identified as Gaurav Gupta, who was driving a Mahendra Quanto, was arrested on Friday.
According to a senior police official, the deceased has been identified as Mohammed Yaseen, who lived in the area and was a rickshaw puller. “At 11:30 pm on Thursday, after finishing his day’s work, Yaseen was walking back home when a speeding car came from behind and hit him.
“The victim flew couple of metres away and started bleeding profusely from his head. The errant driver did not stop and sped away. locals who saw the accident ran to Yaseen, who was on the ground bleeding and moaning in pain,” said the official.
They immediately made a PCR call and a police van reached the spot and rushed the victim to a nearby hospital where doctors tried to resuscitate him but in vain, said police, adding they finally declared him dead.
Based on the statement of one of the local, an FIR was registered against the absconding driver. “After Yaseen’s death we informed his family and sent his body for the post-mortem. An FIR under section 279 (Rash driving or driving on public way) and 304A (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the Indian Penal Code was registered against the accused at the GTB Nagar police station. We have arrested the accused. Further investigation in the matter is on,” Additional DCP, North-east district, Rajendra Singh Sagar said.