A 25-year-old man was arrested after a 60-km chase on Sunday after his dashing Audi automotive rammed into one other man’s automotive killing the latter, police stated.
The sufferer was on the Ring Street when the accused, a 25-year-old man, hit his automotive head-on and fled from the spot. (Consultant file photograph)
The sufferer was on the Ring Street when the accused, a 25-year-old man, hit his automotive head-on and fled from the spot.
The sufferer, Sukhjit Singh, a resident of Hisar and a transporter, was returning residence from Gurugram after assembly his sister when he was killed within the lethal crash.
Police stated Singh died on the spot. His household stated he was making ready for aggressive exams.
“He wanted to clear UPSC exams and was preparing for years. We were all proud of him. He wanted to make his parents proud. His father was in the Haryana police. He came to our house on Friday, and I had asked him to stay, but he left saying he had work. I wish I had forced him. His sister is inconsolable,” stated his brother-in-law Sunil Dhillon.
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The household stated Sukhjit was the youngest amongst three siblings and was operating a transport enterprise together with his elder brother.
“He was ambitious and loved travelling. He was like a brother to me… We are all shocked. He was driving the right way. He died because of someone else’s nuisance” Dhillon added.
In the meantime, police stated that after the incident, the accused fled from the spot leaving his mangled automotive.
“There was also confusion over the ownership of the car. We started looking for the accused and scanned more than 60 CCTVs in less than five hours. The team found the accused calling someone for help and later hailing an auto rickshaw. We followed his movements through CCTV mapping and also started looking for the car owner”, a senior police officer stated.
With the assistance of technical surveillance and automotive registration particulars, police stated the accused, Paras Pathaniya, was arrested from Safdarjung Enclave space.
“He lives in Paschim Vihar but had a Haryana registration car as he bought the car with the help of a relative. He worked at a private firm in Canada and had been living there since 2018. He came back last year and bought a car…”, added the officer.
Police stated that after the incident, Pathaniya went to west Delhi and Noida to “get help” from his acquaintances and later went to Safdarjung Enclave the place he was arrested.
“We had got his details from his family members and put his phone on surveillance. He was arrested near a restaurant,” stated the officer.
Police stated Pathaniya is being interrogated concerning the sequence of occasions, his automotive possession and to test whether or not he was ingesting and driving.