Engineering student killed in car crash

March 19, 2012

New Delhi, March 19: In yet another late-night crash due to speeding, a BTech student was killed and three others were left battling critical injuries after the Toyota Corolla they were travelling in hit a divider on Vikas Marg, near ITO bridge, then rammed a pole and rolled over several times, around 2am on Sunday.

Among those with grievous injuries are a budding cricketer, Shubham, 19; a 23-year-old DU girl, Nikita, who lost her arm in the accident and a 22-year-old youth, Gurjeet, who was driving. The six friends were on their way to India Gate after watching a movie at the Great India Place Mall in Noida, police said.

Shubhmeet Bishnoi, 22, who was declared dead in hospital, was studying engineering in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, and had come to meet his friend, Gurjeet. Shubham has represented Delhi in cricket, police said.

Death came at 100kmph

"The group first went to Laxmi Nagar to Gurjeet's house after the movie and then headed to India Gate to have ice cream. The car was at a very high speed, possibly much over 100kmph, and the driver lost control near the Rainy Well bus stand and hit the divider, then a pole and overturned three to four times. The car was badly crushed and passengers got trapped inside it," said a senior cop.

Two girls, Kavita and Chhavi, miraculously escaped with minor injuries. They got out of the car and made a PCR call. The other victims were taken to Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital and Lok Nayak Hospital.

"No one was drunk at the time of the incident, so it appears that speeding was the reason why the driver lost control. The accident cell is investigating the cause of the mishap. A case of rash driving and causing death due to negligence has been registered against Gurjeet at the Shakarpur police station," an officer said.

Nikita, whose left hand had to be amputated as it was badly damaged in the accident, has been shifted to a private hospital, police said. Gurjeet was taken from LNJP hospital to Sant Parmanand Hospital during the day. He has a fractured leg, police said.

Bishnoi had come to Delhi to meet his friend, Gurjeet, who lived in Laxmi Nagar. The car belonged to Gurjeet's uncle, police said.

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June 8,2020

New Delhi, Jun 8: A 10-month-old girl allegedly lost her life in an accident in West Delhi's Tilak Nagar area, the police said on Sunday.

"The incident took place when the baby was in the compound of the parking area at the ground floor of her residence and the driver of Mercedes Benz was reversing the car," a police official said.

The deceased was identified as Radhika, whose father Rakesh used to work as the security guard in the said residence.

The unfortunate incident occurred at around 3.30 p.m. in the afternoon following which the baby was rushed to Deen Dayal Upadhyay (DDU) Hospital where she was declared brought dead.

The owner of the said Mercedes Benz SUV is identified as Jassbir Singh who is into elevator business. At the time of the incident, his driver Akhilesh was driving the said vehicle.

"The offending vehicle has also been taken into possession and the FSL team is being summoned for inspection. Investigation in this matter is underway," said Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) West Delhi.

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January 20,2020

Ahmedabad, Jan 20: Cops in Gandhinagar fell in a catch-22 situation when a state government employee approached them with a complaint that the 26-year-old woman class teacher of his 14-year-old son had gone missing taking his son in tow. The man, who works at Udyog Bhavan in Gandhinagar said the woman had seduced his teenage son, who studies in class VIII and taken him away with her. The boy had gone missing from 4pm on Friday, and the classteacher was also missing.

A police official said the woman teacher had been too intimate with the allegedly missing boy for around a year, and the school authorities had recently rebuked them. “As their relationship was unaccepted, they left their homes on Friday,” he said. It was rare to find a case of a woman teacher eloping with her teenage student, the official added.

An FIR for elopement under Section 363 IPC has been registered with Kalol city police in Gandhinagar district. The complaint stated the teacher is a resident of Darbari chawl in Kalol town.

“When I reached home at around 7pm, I found my son missing. My wife told me he had left home at around 4pm. We searched for him in the neighbourhood and among relatives, but couldn’t trace him,” claims the teenage boy’s father in the FIR. “I went to the teacher’s house but they were not there,” the man stated.

Inspector K K Desai of Kalol city police said the missing duo could not be traced as they were not carrying cellphones.

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February 26,2020

Kota, Feb 26: At least 24 people died and four others sustained injuries as a private bus carrying a wedding party fell into a river on Kota–Dausa highway in Bundi district on Wednesday morning, police said.

The wedding party with 28 persons on board was headed to Sawai Madhopur from Kota early morning when the driver apparently lost balance of the bus while traversing a bridge near Papdi village under Lekhari police station limits, Lakheri Sub-Inspector Rajendra Kumar said.

The bus, subsequently, plunged into Mej river from the bridge that had no wall or railing, Kumar said.

Thirteen people died on the spot while 10 others succumbed to their injuries on way to hospital, he added.

The deaths include 11 men, 10 women and three children.

The injured were rushed to Lekhari government hospital from where the critically injured are being referred to a government hospital in Kota, the SI further said.

Most of the injured people were rescued with the help of locals in the village, he added.

Mej river is a tributary of the Chambal river in Rajasthan.

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