A Delhi Police PCR van ran over a man in the Thana Mandir Marg area on Thursday morning after the driver accidentally hit the accelerator, officials said. The vehicle, while trying to climb a roadside ramp, ran over the man, who died on the spot.
Police officers reached the site and began collecting details. Additional DCP New Delhi, Hukma Ram, said the victim’s family will be given compensation.
"An unfortunate accident took place here. The police are taking action as per the law. We will provide all possible help to the deceased, and compensation will be provided. We will check CCTVs..." DCP Hukma Ram said while speaking to reporters.
#WATCH | Delhi: A person died after a PCR van of the Delhi Police ran over him in the Thana Mandir Marg area of Delhi.
(Visuals from the spot) https://t.co/qL9uNETeCS pic.twitter.com/uKJtU2gHK6
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A case has been filed under sections 281 (rash driving), 125B (endangering life), 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and 238 (destroying evidence) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
Police said the woman driving the BMW, along with her husband, did not inform them while taking the injured to a far-off hospital. This led investigators to add charges of culpable homicide and evidence tampering against the couple.
Officials said the two chose to take Navjot Singh and his wife, Sandeep Kaur, to a hospital nearly 19 km from Dhaula Kuan, where the accident happened.
“The driver of the PCR van of Delhi Police accidentally pressed the accelerator, due to which the PCR van, while climbing the roadside ramp, ran over a person, who died. Currently, the police are on the spot and gathering information," the Delhi Police said in a statement.
