In a suspected case of drunken driving, a 23-year-old man drove his car on a footpath in west Delhi’s Rajouri Garden, killing two men and injuring two others in the early hours of Sunday, police said. The driver, Devesh, who works in a software firm and is son of a West Delhi businessman, was arrested from the spot.
Police said the medical examination of Devesh showed that he was in an inebriated condition and was driving at a high speed.
He lost control of his Honda Civic car and ended up driving it over the footpath near Rajouri Garden flyover where four men were sleeping, said police, adding that two of them died while two others were grievously injured.
“At about 4.30 am Rajouri Garden police station received a Police Control Room (PCR) call regarding the accident. On reaching the location, the policemen found two individuals, Noora (50) and Shukla dead and Ram Singh (55) and Manoj (35) severely injured.
They were immediately sent to ESI Hospital where two persons were declared brought dead,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (West District) Monika Bhardwaj stated.
“The injured Ram Singh, who was fit for statement, told police that he, along with his three colleagues, was sleeping on the footpath in front of ESI hospital. When he got up to smoke at about 4.30am, a Honda Civic Car driven by one Devesh (23) son of Ramesh Lal Kumar, a businessman of Paschim Vihar in West Delhi. The driver apparently lost control and crushed them in which two of his colleagues died and two sustain injuries,” the DCP said.
According to police, during initial probe, he told police that he was driving from Paschim Vihar to the airport where he was supposed to meet a friend.
“The accused Devesh was apprehended on the spot and was medically examined in which he was found to have consumed alcohol. Since, he did not possess a valid driving license, a case under section 304 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) dealing with culpable homicide not amounting to murder which attracts a maximum jail term of 10 years has been registered at Rajouri Garden police station. Further information is being carried out,” the DCP said.