The Delhi Police solved a blind fatal hit-and-run case that had left investigators without witnesses or clear leads for more than two weeks by arresting the driver and recovering the offending vehicle after an extensive probe across Delhi-NCR on Friday. On September 13, a 43-year-old motorcyclist, Bijender Kumar Meena, a resident of Dausa in Rajasthan, suffered severe head injuries when his two-wheeler was struck by an unidentified vehicle on Ring Road near Hotel Hyatt Regency at Bhikaji Cama Place. Meena was rushed to AIIMS Trauma Centre but succumbed to his injuries three days later. With no eyewitnesses and little evidence at the scene, a case was registered at R K Puram police station under sections 281 (rash driving or riding on a public way) and 125(A), which is related to acts endangering the lives or personal safety of others, of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the police said. A police team began combing through surveillance footage along the accident stretch. More than 500 CCTV cameras were analysed, including ANPR (automatic number plate recognition) systems and feeds from National Highways Authority of India’s (NHAI’s) control rooms on NH-48 and the Dwarka Expressway, the police said. “The team meticulously reviewed CCTV footage along Ring Road from World Trade Centre (Nauroji Nagar) to Bhikaji Cama Place, Dhaula Kuan, and observed a white Suzuki Ertiga car trailing the victims' motorcycle. Due to poor lighting, the vehicle’s number plate could not be read initially. The team traced the vehicle’s suspected route through multiple areas, including Safdarjung Enclave, R K Puram, Moti Bagh, Dhaula Kuan, Mahipalpur, and Gurugram,” said Amit Goel, Deputy Commissioner of Police, South West. The driver, identified as 39-year-old Satyvir Singh, a resident of Deroli Jat village in Mahendragarh, Haryana, was arrested. The police said he had hired the car commercially to transport passengers between Delhi and NCR. During questioning, Singh allegedly confessed to hitting the motorcycle while driving from Anand Vihar ISBT to Gurgaon with passengers. Panicking, he fled the spot despite seeing the rider grievously injured, the police said. The damaged Ertiga was seized as evidence. Further investigation into the case is underway.
