Thar loses control, mows down 2 people walking on pavement in Delhi’s Chanakyapuri, one killed

Both the injured were rushed to RML Hospital, where the doctors declared one of them brought dead, the officer said. The other injured person is under treatment.

Crime and forensic teams rushed to the spot to inspect the crime scene, and the police apprehended the driver of the SUV, identified as Ashish, 26, and seized the vehicle. The police are also trying to ascertain whether the driver was drunk, an officer said.

A photo of the vehicle shows its left front tyre nearly completely detached due to the impact of the accident. A police officer said the car has an Uttar Pradesh number plate and that the driver works at a private company, having previously worked at a Delhi hospital.

His father Ramesh and other relatives stood anxiously outside the Chanakyapuri police station. “They just took him to a separate area of the police station. We don’t know what happened,” Ramesh told The Indian Express, while constantly checking YouTube to check the news of the accident involving his son.

Ramesh said Ashish went out Saturday evening with some friends after celebrating Raksha Bandhan, and the Thar vehicle belonged to one of his son’s friends.

“He went out but did not say where he was going exactly. His sisters had tied him the Rakhi in afternoon, and till then he was home. I have no idea what happened after that. Today morning, I got a call from the police station saying that my son has been involved in an accident,” said Ramesh.

Ramesh said his son left his job as a driver approximately six months ago and was contemplating registering as a Rapido driver. A police officer said liquor bottles were discovered in the Thar vehicle, and they are verifying whether Ashish was under the influence of alcohol. The injured person is receiving treatment at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, according to the police, while Ashish is being interrogated at the Chanakyapuri police station.

In 2025, between January and May, Delhi saw over 2,235 accidents on its roads: 556 of them were fatal, resulting in the death of 557 people, as per the data shared by the Delhi Police.

Although the number of fatal accidents decreased by 13.4 per cent compared to the same period in 2024, which saw 643 fatal accidents, the number of people injured in these accidents increased to 2,187 in 2025 from 2,106 in 2024. According to the data available till now, March has been the deadliest month for accidents in 2025, with 137 fatal incidents resulting in 139 deaths.