A 24-year-old businessman was killed when his super-bike bumped into the wall of lady Irwin College near Mandi House metro station on Monday night. Police said they pieced together the exact sequence of how the accident happened through the CCTV camera installed in the helmet of one of his friends who was injured.
According to police, Himanshu Bansal, a resident of Vivek Vihar, along with his two friends Gazi and lakshay were heading on their respective super bikes Benelli TNT 600i that is priced between Rs 5 and 6 lakh when they saw an elderly person crossing the road.
A senior police officer said they received a call at around 9 pm about a major accident near Mandi House. "On reaching the spot, the cops found that the injured was shifted to lNJP hospital by private ambulance. The damaged bike was lying near the footpath of lady Irwin College gate at Sikandar road. Cops found lot of blood and pieces of flesh scattered all over the place.
Meanwhile, police received information from hospital that one Himanshu was declared brought dead. "On further enquiry it was found that there were three friends — Gazi, lakshay and deceased Himanshu — who came to CP and at around 8.45 pm and were returning on their respective bikes in full speed. There was a camera installed in the helmet of lakshay. Gazi and Himanshu were ahead of lakshay, when they reached near Mandi house metro station, an elderly person was crossing the road. Himanshu who was allegedly over speeding lost control, hit the wall of lady Irwin college.
Police said that passerby helped the injured and rushed him to hospital. Senior police officers said the entire accident was recorded in the camera installed in the helmet of lakshay.
Police said they have registered a case under IPC 279 and 304A at the Barakhamba Road police station. Himanshu, the deceased and his father own a utensil manufacturing factory at Jhilmil.