2 dead after car hits scooter, drags one of them for 350m: Kin rue loss of sole breadwinners

Police had arrested five accused persons who were allegedly inebriated at the time of the incident and were roaming around after attending a wedding.

Kailash’s brother-in-law, Kamal Ahuja (32), told The Indian Express that he stayed in Mumbai’s Thane and came to Delhi every 15 days to work for the factory as a salesman. “It had been three years since he started working at the factory… he was really good at his job and liked what he did. He was the sole breadwinner and had a 15-year-old daughter to look after…,” he said.

Ahuja added that Kailash’s parents, both in their 60s depended on him for their medical expenses and asked who will now look after them. “He used to earn around Rs 21,000… when his wife last spoke to him, he said he was going to watch a movie in Karol Bagh… we never thought he would meet with an accident while coming back,” he said.

Sumit, a resident of Ghaziabad, is survived by his younger sister and elder brother. His uncle Mange Ram said: “He was the sole breadwinner of his family and was also pursuing a BA degree from an open college. He wanted a better job…”

On Friday, at 2.57 am, two PCR vans of Keshav Puram police station were on night patrol duty in Kanhaiya Nagar when they noticed a car hit a scooter, DCP (Northwest) Usha Rangnani said.

The impact was such that one of the riders was flung into the air and fell on the roof of the car, following which he fell on the road. The second rider too was thrown off the vehicle and got stuck between the windshield and bonnet of the car, which opened due to the impact, said the DCP. “The scooter was also stuck to the bumper of the car. The driver of the offending vehicle, instead of stopping, attempted to accelerate towards Inderlok in an attempt to flee the spot,” she said.

A PCR van intercepted the vehicle at a distance of around 350 metres from the spot. “The driver of the offending vehicle and four other occupants tried to escape but police caught two accused, Parveen and Diviansh Puri,” a police officer said.

A case under IPC sections 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and 304A (causing death by negligence) and sections of the Motor Vehicles Act was lodged. During questioning, three more accused, all 19-year-olds, were arrested.

On Saturday, Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora visited the Keshav Puram police station and felicitated the staff for their quick response to the accident.