Janakpuri:
A 21-year-old on his way back from a party was involved in multiple hit-and-run
cases on Monday morning. Two people died and one person was critically injured,
the police said.
Police
said Rishabh — a resident of west Delhi’s Janakpuri— was driving his father's
Honda City car at a speed of over 100 kmph and hit three persons over a 1.5 km
stretch before he was stopped and caught.
According
to the police, the first victim was 40-year-old Kameshwar Prasad, a government
employee, who was out for morning walk. The impact of the speeding car threw
him several metres away. But Rishabh did not stop, the police said. He drove on
and next hit 40-year-old Santosh, who was cleaning cars in a residential area.
He sped away again, driving in the wrong lane, and then hit 67-year-old Ashwani
Anand, a property dealer who also was out for a morning walk with a neighbor.
CCTV
footage recovered from the area showed Anand’s accident. In the footage, which
surfaced later in the day, Anand could be seen noticing the car and trying to
escape by running towards a pavement. But the car did not stop, and hit him.
A
police patrolling team chased and intercepted Rishabh after covering quite a
distance. Police said Rishabh was in such a state that he couldn't even manage
to stand up. He was produced before the magistrate late last evening and has
been sent to judicial custody for 14 days.
Santosh,
who was critically injured, is battling for his life. The police said he is not
in a condition to give his statement. The car, which is registered in Rishabh’s
father’s name, has been seized. The police said they found liquor bottles
inside.
Rishabh,
the son of a businessman — is a student of business administration in a college
under a prominent government university in Delhi. He has been charged with
culpable homicide not amounting to murder and other charges under Indian Penal
Code and Motor Vehicles Act, said senior police officer Pushpendra Kumar.
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