Weeks after chef died in hit-and-run, accused held

The accused is a resident of Shastri Nagar and lives alone.

There were no eyewitnesses to the accident.

The incident happened at 1:40 am on May 16, when the deceased, Vikas, a chef at a popular Janakpuri joint, was passing by the metro station. The DCP said he was taken to the Guru Gobind Singh Hospital in Raghubir Nagar and was later referred to Safdarjung Hospital, but eventually succumbed to his injuries on May 19.

Vikas lived in North Delhi’s Shastri Nagar and was the sole breadwinner in his family.