In another incident of hit and run in the Capital, a 24-year-old man working as a Disc Jockey (DJ) was killed after an unidentified truck hit his scooty while trying to overtake the two-wheeler in northwest Delhi’s Adarsh Nagar, police said on Tuesday.
According to police, the DJ was identified as Monu, a resident of Jhuggi Mouzi Wala, Lal Bagh. “A police control room (PCR) call was received on Monday around 10.40 pm at Adarsh Nagar police station regarding a fatal incident which took place outside Mandi Gate in Azadpur Mandi,” said a senior police official.
“On reaching the spot it was found that the rider of the scooty was hit by an
unknown truck,” the official said. Preliminary investigation suggested that the truck was over speeding while trying to overtake the scooty during which the two-wheeler sustained a hit.
The driver of the truck immediately fled the spot leaving the injured Monu behind, police said. He was rushed to the Babu Jagjivan Ram Memorial Hospital where he was declared brought dead.
“A case was registered at Adarsh Nagar police station,” the officer said. However, the truck is yet to be identified since there were no CCTV cameras in and around the accident spot. The body of the victim has been sent for post-mortem.
, he added.Police said there are no CCTV cameras in or around the area where the incident took place. The truck has not been identified yet and efforts are to nab the accused, they said.
