City
Epaper

Man riding scooter killed after being hit by speeding car in south Delhi

By ANI | Updated: February 26, 2021 22:45 IST

A man was killed allegedly after a speeding Mercedes car hit his scooter in Vasant Vihar here on Thursday, police said on Friday.

Open in App

A man was killed allegedly after a speeding Mercedes car hit his scooter in Vasant Vihar here on Thursday, police said on Friday.

The deceased has been identified as Anthony Joseph, a domestic help who hails from Gorakhpur. His wife is a cook in the house of a US Embassy official in Vasant Vihar and they both lived in servant quarters, police said.

The accused identified Aryan Jain, 19, a student at a university in the UK who was driving the car. has been arrested, police said. He was later released on bail.

Two of Jain's friends- Samrath, an Engineering student and Bharat, a first year student of Delhi University- were also in the car during the time of the incident. The trio had gone for a drive for 15 minutes and the incident happened when they were returning to Vasant Vihar.

A medical test was conducted and and no acohol was found in Jain's blood, police said.

( With inputs from ANI )

Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

Tags: Joe ManchingorakhpurukMercedesUs EmbassyVasant viharLok sabha member of parliament
Open in App

Related Stories

NationalGorakhpur Power Cut on April 3: Supply to Be Disrupted in Several Areas on Friday; Details Inside

International‘Not Our War’: Keir Starmer Rules Out UK Role in Iran Conflict, Plans Global Summit on Strait of Hormuz

InternationalUS-Israel-Iran War: Japan, Germany, France Show Caution Over Trump’s Strait of Hormuz Warship Plan

InternationalUK Watchdogs Urge Social Media Giants To Stop Children Accessing Platforms

InternationalUS Cancels All Consular Services in Riyadh After Iran-Linked Drone Strike on US Embassy in Saudi Arabia

National Realted Stories

NationalDelhi Metro to run late trains in view of IPL clash at Arun Jaitley Stadium today

NationalVHRP National Women President welcomes Parliament session on proposed changes in Women's Reservation Act

NationalDelhi HC issues notice to NIA, Jail authorities on Masarat Alam Bhat's plea for restoration phone call facility

NationalDelhi assembly security breach: Two police personnel suspended

NationalWest Bengal Polls: "Manifesto unveiled keeping in mind opinions of people", says Congress leader Ghulam Ahmad Mir