The Delhi Police arrested a 35-year-old radio jockey on Saturday in an alleged hit-and-run case in which a man had died last week.
Police said the accused identified as Ankit Gulati, a resident of Delhi’s East Patel Nagar, rammed his SUV into a scooter near Le Meridian Hotel on Raisina Road in Lutyens’ Delhi on June 30 killing 37-year-old Dhiraj.
“During investigation, police identified the car after scanning CCTV footage in the incident area. Later, they got details of the owner of the vehicle following which Gulati was arrested from his residence,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), New Delhi district, Madhur Verma.
“During interrogation, Gulati told police that on June 29, he met his friends at Rajender Nagar and went to a club in Nehru Place around 12:30 am where they consumed alcohol,” said the DCP.
“Thereafter, they reached another club in Chanakyapuri around 2:30 am and consumed more alcohol. He left the club at 5:15 am and was going towards Connaught Place when the accident took place,” the DCP said.
“Gulati confessed that he was watching videos on phone while driving and could not see the victim on his scooter. After the accident, he fled from the spot and reached his home. He sent his car for repairing atRs a workshop on July 1. Police has also recovered the vehicle from the workshop,” said the DCP adding that further investigation is going on.