Delhi hit-and-run case: Freight rickshaw driver, who mowed down 32-year-old, arrested by police

Matbool was lying on the road, near the sidewalk, for almost an hour till the police was informed about the accident. No passerby came to his rescue even when a government hospital was just 500 metres from the accident spot.

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The CCTV footage, which captured the accident, shows the driver of the auto rickshaw halting the vehicle to asses its damage before fleeing from the spot. While the driver ignored the victim lying by the road, another man was seen robbing the deceased off his mobile phone.

The police said Matbool was declared brought dead in the hospital.

Meanwhile, Delhi Home Minister Satyender Jain on Thursday said the government will soon announce a scheme where people, including drivers of taxis and autorickshaws, will be rewarded for taking victims to hospital.

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Jain said that the government has prepared a draft of the scheme where an incentive will be announced to ensure immediate help to road accident victims in the national capital.  The draft will be tabled in the Cabinet by the end of this month and then sent to Lt Governor Najeeb Jung for his approval.

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The whole incident was captured on a CCTV camera installed near Meraj cinema in Subhash Nagar where the victim Matibul was hit by a delivery van in the wee hours. “It is very unfortunate that no one come to assist him. Government has prepared an incentive scheme under which people including drivers of taxi and auto, taking road accident victims to hospital will be rewarded,” the Home Minister said.

(With ANI inputs)