Automotive hits bike, drags it for 2km & goes up in flames; probe leads cops to Delhi govt official | Delhi Information

Each the bike and automobile caught fireplace within the incident

NEW DELHI: A PCR name a couple of automobile up in flames in central Delhi’s Jhandewalan prompted the cops and fireplace officers to hurry to the spot early Sunday.
However after they reached, they discovered a motorcycle underneath the burning automobile as nicely, prompting a hunt for attainable victims of this conflagration.
An hour later, after scanning CCTVs, the cops discovered themselves probing a hit-andrun during which a motorcycle had been dragged for 2km earlier than the autos became fireballs.
Quickly, the cops have been a senior Delhi govt official who was allegedly driving the Creta that was gutted. His questioning led them to the bike proprietor, Gurvinder, who works with Rapido. He had escaped with minor accidents.
Cops register case of rash, negligent driving after automobile drags bike for 2km
It emerged that whereas traversing homeward at an extreme velocity, the Creta driver had collided with a Rapido bike. The influence was such that the bike rider was thrown into the air and landed on the facet. His bike, nonetheless, remained lodged contained in the automobile.
The driving force then tried to hurry away, in accordance with cops. Whereas fleeing the scene in a state of panic, he dragged the bike for about 2km. Consequently, the bike ignited close to Videocon Tower in Jhandewalan because of the extended friction.
Because of the bike’s conflagration, the Creta additionally caught fireplace. Upon noticing flames emanating from his automobile’s bonnet and realising that the car had caught fireplace, the driving force halted the automobile and managed to extricate himself swiftly. Each the automobile and the bike have been fully incinerated within the accident.
Later, the police registered a case underneath sections pertaining to rash and negligent driving. The charred automobile and bike have been impounded. The driving force was detained and his blood samples taken for testing of alcohol consumption and content material.
“Throughout questioning, the driving force claimed to be excise deputy commissioner R C Meena. He was let off because the case was registered underneath bailable sections,” mentioned a senior police officer. Based on police, Meena is a Danics officer.
“On Saturday, he went to a restaurant in west Delhi and was headed for his residence in Civil Traces in his Creta. When he approached Videocon Tower at Jhandewalan on Pusa Street through Patel Nagar round 2am, he collided with a motorcycle,” the officer added.