13 May,2024 03:32 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondent
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A 58-year-old man was reportedly mowed down allegedly by a recklessly driven Delhi Police vehicle in Sarojini Nagar area in Delhi on Monday, the police said, reported the PTI.
According to the PTI, a PCR call was received at around 3.27 am regarding the incident at Sarojini Nagar police station, Deputy Commissioner of Police (southwest) Rohit Meena said.
The police got information that a Delhi Police vehicle was involved in the accident and one person was seriously injured, he said.
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A team was rushed to the spot near Bhikaji Cama Place Metro Station where they found a Delhi Police vehicle in a damaged condition, he said.
The man killed in the accident was later identified as Baijnath, the police said.
"An FIR was registered and the driver of the offending vehicle, constable Pardeep Kumar, posted at Rajinder police station, has been arrested," the DCP said, the news agency reported on Monday.
Further investigation into the matter has been started, police said, adding that Baijnath is a resident of Trilokpuri.
Two killed, 15 injured after military truck collides with two vehicles in Rajgarh
Meanwhile, in an another incident, atleast two persons were killed and 15 others were injured in a collision between a military truck and two other vehicles in Madhya Pradesh's Rajgarh district on Monday morning, the police said, according to the PTI.
The accident took place on the National Highway-46 near Pilukhedi under the Kurawar police station area in Rajgarh district, an official said, as per the PTI.
Prima facie, the accident occurred after one of the tyres of the military truck burst, causing it to collide with a private bus and an SUV, Kurawar Police Station in-charge Mehtab Singh Thakur said, the PTI reported on Monday.
In the incident, two people-- Om Kori (23), the cleaner of the bus, and a passenger Hariom Shivhare (26) died on the spot, while 15 persons, including two military personnel, sustained injuries, the police official said, according to the PTI.
The injured military personnel were referred to a hospital in Bhopal for treatment, he said, the news agency reported on Monday.
(with PTI inputs)
