Ahmedabad hit-and-run case: Minor who killed security guard with Mercedes let off, father absconding
The 17-year-and-eight-month-old boy, whose father is a builder, was driving a Mercedes and had escaped from the spot after the accident, the police said.
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The boy was detained and presented before the Juvenile Justice Board Tuesday evening. (Express Photo by Nirmal Harindran)A minor detained in connection with a hit-and-run accident in Ahmedabad’s Bopal area on Saturday — leading to a 34-year-old security guard’s death — was reportedly let off by the Juvenile Justice Board for appearing for an exam even as a manhunt has been launched to arrest his absconding father, a senior police official said on Wednesday.
The 17-year-and-eight-month-old boy, whose father is a builder, was driving a Mercedes and had escaped from the spot after the accident, said police, adding that the car has been seized.
A 17-year-old boy, the son of a builder, was driving a Mercedes when he caused an accident and fled the scene. Police have seized the vehicle. (Express photo)
The deceased, identified as Govind Singh, was on night duty outside Shashwat Apartments in Bopal with his brother Jaswant Singh (44) — also the complainant — when the accident took place, said officers from the Ahmedabad Rural police station while quoting the FIR.
The boy was detained and presented before the Juvenile Justice Board Tuesday evening. However, he was let off “immediately by the juvenile court because he had to take exams”, said Superintendent of Police Om Prakash Jat.
The boy is pursuing BBA, said the SP.
According to the FIR, “the minor was driving the luxury vehicle at high speed and lost control of the vehicle” subsequently hitting the security guard. SP Jat, however, said that the police are also awaiting the minor’s blood test reports to ascertain if he was driving in an intoxicated condition.
On Saturday, both guards were on duty at 11:30 pm when the victim went to a shop opposite the society. Around 11:45 pm, the complainant “heard a loud bang of an accident” and went to investigate, said police.
“He found his brother Govind Singh bleeding profusely from head and leg,” said the police. Meanwhile, the locals informed him that a car being driven “at full speed, hit the guard and drove off”, said the police. Later, the victim was rushed to GMERS Sola Civil Hospital, where doctors declared him dead.
The police had also moved a local court in Ahmedabad to add the name of the minor’s father as a co-accused in the FIR, which was granted.
Later, when the police team arrived at the accused’s house, his father was absconding.
SP Jat told The Indian Express: “We had written to the local court seeking permission to book the minor’s father as a co-accused in the case. The court accepted our application on Tuesday and we booked his father under the Motor Vehicle Act and named him as co-accused in the same FIR on Wednesday. Multiple police teams have been deployed to arrest the father”.
On asking about the delay in arrest, Jat said, “The incident took place on Saturday night and an FIR was filed within hours early Sunday morning. We took two days to trace the car after scanning the CCTV footage of over 40 cameras. It took time to gather details such as the car’s number plate, owner’s identity and check who was behind the wheel at the time of the incident. The car is registered in father’s name.”
An FIR into the matter was filed under Sections 281 (rash or negligent driving putting lives of public in danger) , 125(b) (causing grievous hurt) and 106 (causing death by negligence) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, as well as Sections 177 (fine for contravention), 184 (driving a vehicle in speed or dangerous manner) and 134(b) (not providing information to a police officer) of the Motor Vehicle Act.
On Wednesday, section 199(a) of the MV Act was added to the FIR which deals with “if a juvenile commits a motor vehicle offence, the parent or guardian of such juvenile or the owner of the motor vehicle is held liable and punished accordingly.”
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