An over-speeding official car, driven rashly by the daughter of Director General of J&K Police K Rajendra on Thursday, crushed a civilian to death in Rehari area of Jammu.
The daughter of the top cop identified as Pooja was possibly returning home from her routine morning walk via Balwinder Chowk in Rehari when she lost control over the wheels and crushed a passer-by to death.
The incident has also raised question marks over the misuse of luxury cars by kith and kin of VVIPS in J&K.
Police have filed an FIR in the case and also arrested the young girl for further investigations.
The driver of the luxury car bearing registration number JKO2 BA 4112 was not present in the car at the time of the accident.
According to eyewitness reports, “a young girl in her teens was present on the hot seat of a Maruti Suzuki SX4,VXI model when she crushed a senior citizen under the wheels in Rehari area of Jammu on Thursday morning around 7 am”.
Morning walkers in the area reacted swiftly and shifted the civilian to a nearby medical college hospital where he was declared brought dead.
The deceased has been identified as Inderjeet Padha, a retired Government servant of Health department.
Before hitting the civilian the young girl had also hit another car parked in the area.
According to police spokesman, “A case FIR No.144/2014 u/s 279, 304-A RPC has been registered in Police Station Pacca Danga and one person namely Pooja D/o K Rajender Kumar, DGP J&K , has been arrested and vehicle SX4 No. JK02BA-4112 has also been seized”.
The investigation of the case has been set into motion, he added.