New Delhi: A 22-year-old motorcyclist was run over by a DTC bus in west Delhi’s Punjabi Bagh Wednesday morning. Sonu became the third person to be killed this month in a DTC bus accident.
A PCR call reporting the accident went to Punjabi Bagh police station around 7.23am, following which a police team reached the spot.
Sonu worked as a delivery agent, his neighbour said. He was on his way to work when the accident happened. Police are examining CCTV footage from the area to identify and trace the bus. Further legal proceedings are on. The death of the youth triggered a protest . Sonu’s family and other residents of the area raised questions over the circumstances in which he was killed.
The neighbour said Sonu left for work in the morning and returned home at night. He was very well-behaved and never spoke ill of anyone,” the neighbour said. He lived in Indira Colony, Punjabi Bagh, with his family in a jhuggi. His parents and younger brother lived with him. Sonu had studied up to Class XII and took up work as a delivery agent to support his family, Ranjan added. “His mother was unwell, and he also had a younger sibling to support. He added that the family had also been planning Sonu’s marriage and had begun looking for a bride.