Mercedes hit-and-run case: ‘Dummy’ family driver arrested

The driver, who lives in north district with his family, has been booked under sections 201 and 203 of the IPC. Sources said the sections have been added to the same case of accident that was registered at Civil Lines area April 4.

Meanwhile, police said the juvenile was again apprehended on charges of culpable homicide Sunday and sent to a correction home. Police had also arrested the juvenile’s father on charges of abetment and culpable homicide Saturday. He has been granted bail.

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DCP Madhur Verma told The Indian Express, “We have again apprehended the boy and sent him to a correction home, after producing him before the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB).”

Police claimed to have several witnesses to earlier traffic violations committed by the juvenile. Last year, on February 16, the juvenile allegedly rammed his car into a fruit vendor, and hit another car in the process, in northwest Delhi’s Maurice Nagar area.

Police, however, did not lodge a case and let him to go after issuing a warning to his father. The juvenile had mowed down Sharma with the same vehicle.