Ankaj Singh (25) fled to Srinivaspuri Depot and was arrested from there, according to police. New Delhi: A DTC bus driver was arrested Wednesday after he ran over a motorcyclist in west Delhi ’s Punjabi Bagh, killing him on the spot.
On Oct 17, a motorcyclist was killed in an accident in southwest Delhi’s Vasant Kunj. Hours earlier the same day, a DTC electric bus rammed multiple vehicles at a T-junction in central Delhi’s Anand Parbat, killing a 40-year-old man and injuring four people. Sonu, who was a delivery agent, was the third person to be killed this Oct in an accident involving a DTC bus. He lived in a jhuggi in Punjabi Bagh’s Indira Colony with his parents and a younger brother.
The victim, 22-year-old Sonu, was on his way to work when his clothes allegedly got caught in the bus, following which he was mowed down, said a neighbour, quoting witnesses.
Ashish Ranjan, his neighbour, said Sonu was riding his motorcycle while going to Tri Nagar to make a delivery. Sonu had studied up to Class XII and taken up the job to support his family. His family was planning to get him married.