Mechanic fixing car tyre run over in Lajpat Nagar

Mechanic fixing car tyre run over in Lajpat Nagar

NEWDELHI:Amechanicchanginga car’sflattyrewaskilledandthree otherpeoplewerewoundedwhen a“speeding”sedan, allegedly drivenbya21-year-old woman, crashedintotheirvehicleparked ontheRingRoadinsouthDelhi’s LajpatNagarintheearlyhoursof Sunday,policesaid. Eyewitnessessaidtheimpact

of the accident threw the man, 24-year-oldMohammadAfaq,on to the bonnet of the speeding Chevrolet Cruz that then drove onforseveralmetresbeforecomingtoahalt. Theallegeddriveroftheerrant

vehicle,AnanyaKhurana,aresident of Lajpat Nagar, has a diplomafromacollegeinCalifornia,saiddeputycommissionerof police(south-east)ChinmoyBiswal. The eyewitnesses said she abandonedthevehicleandfled. She was arrested on Sunday

evening,15hoursafterthecrash, policesaid. TheDCPsaidthattheinvesti-

THEWOMANDRIVING THEERRANT VEHICLE WASARRESTED15HRS AFTER THEACCIDENT, INVESTIGATORS SAID

gators will only know whether shewasdrunk at the timeofthe incidentaftertheygetthereport ofherbloodtestinadayortwo. Thepoliceregisteredacaseof

causing deathdue to negligence andrashdriving. The mishap occurred afew

hundred metres from the Moolchandunderpassat1.40amwhere three friends returning from a weddinginMotiNagarinaChevroletAveowerestrandedduetoa flattyre,thepolicesaid. Afaq,whoworksatacarrepair

shop near Ashram,had been calledtothe spottoreplace the car’s flat tyre, by the car’s occupants,Biswalsaid.Thethreepeople injured in the crash were rushedtoAIIMSTraumaCentre andarenowoutofdanger. ››

28-YEAR-OLD NEUROLOGIST FOUND DEAD IN DELHI HOSPITAL

NEWDELHI:Thebody ofa28-yearoldwoman doctor was found in theneurologydepartment of MaharajaAgrasenHospital in westDelhi’sPunjabiBaghearly onSunday,policesaid. Police officials said they suspect that the doctor may have killedherselfastheyfoundasyringe jabbed in her leftarm and dooroftheroomshewasfoundin lockedfromtheinside. Monika Bhardwaj, deputy commissioner of police (west), saidthedoctorwaspostedatthe MaharajaAgrasenHospitaland shewasmarriedtoadoctorcurrentlypractisingatanotherhospitalineastDelhi.Theygotmarriedlastyearandlivedincentral Delhi’sPusaRoad. AccordingtotheDCP,herparentshavetoldinvestigatorsthat they have no reason to suspect her husband. “Theyhave mentioned harassment at the hospital,butweareyettoascertainthe natureofharassmentorthepeople behindit,” said the DCP.No suicidenotewasrecovered.›