A 58-year-old man biking via a residential bylane in Gurugram’s DLF Section-II was killed after being run over by a rushing automobile that fled the scene on Wednesday morning, police stated on Thursday.
The sufferer, Amitabh Jain, lived together with his spouse, barely 600 to 700 metres from the accident web site. The hit-and-run was captured on a number of CCTV cameras put in within the upscale neighbourhood.
Based on police, Jain was recognized to take morning walks or cycle across the quiet lanes of his colony, a routine he adopted for years. On Wednesday, he stepped out for a brief trip and had barely moved a couple of hundred metres from his home when a white Santro, bearing a Delhi registration quantity, rammed into him from behind round 7.14am.
A senior police officer stated the motive force didn’t decelerate or cease to verify on the injured man. “The automobile accelerated and sped away. Locals instantly alerted his spouse, Ritu. He was taken in an ambulance to a personal hospital in Sector 56, the place medical doctors declared him useless,” the officer stated.
Neighbours stated Jain had run a pharmacy and safety agency enterprise in Delhi and Gurugram until just lately earlier than retiring. His son lives in London and his daughter in Bengaluru; each flew again on Wednesday night time.
Sandeep Turan, PRO of the Gurugram police, stated the proprietor of the automobile concerned within the crash has been recognized. “A police crew raided his residence in Fatehpur Beri, Delhi, however he was not discovered. We’ll apprehend him quickly,” Turan stated.
He added that CCTV footage clearly reveals the sequence of occasions. “Jain was biking alongside the facet of the bylane when the automobile approached from behind. It veered off target, hit him, and sped away. He suffered extreme head accidents that proved deadly,” Turan stated.
“There’s a risk the motive force was returning drunk from a celebration or pub,” Turan added. “The precise circumstances will develop into clear solely after his arrest.”
On the idea of a criticism filed by Jain’s cousin, Kanti Jain, an FIR was registered in opposition to the automobile’s driver below sections 106 (inflicting dying by negligence), 281 (rash driving), and 324(2) (mischief) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita on the DLF Section-II police station on Wednesday night time.
Visitors police officers stated 428 folks have died in 417 deadly highway accidents in Gurugram until November 30 this yr, in comparison with 442 fatalities in 420 crashes recorded final yr. Of those, 14 victims had been cyclists, down from 23 bicycle owner deaths in 2024.
