Overview

• The 34-year-old driver, identified as Shahnawaz of Babarpur, was traced through CCTV and local intelligence and taken into custody after fleeing.
• The e-rickshaw collided with a motorcycle around 7:30 a.m. near Maujpur Chowk and overturned while the child was traveling to school with her mother.
• Doctors at Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital declared the girl dead after she was brought in with injuries from the crash.
• Police seized the e-rickshaw and registered a case under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Sections 281 for rash driving and 106(1) for causing death by negligence.
• Investigators are questioning the accused and reviewing footage to establish the sequence of events, with eyewitnesses reporting high speed before the collision.