Overview
- The accused, identified as Govind Gupta, 40, was traced to the area and arrested during a swift raid, according to police.
- Two footpath dwellers — Kalu Das, 50, and Anil Das, 48, from Bihar’s Banka district — were injured around 2:20 a.m. on September 14 near the Rail Reservation Centre on Chelmsford Road.
- CCTV footage captured a red Innova running over the victims as they lay by the footpath, leading investigators to focus on a locally operating vehicle linked to Gupta.
- Call-detail records and mobile location data placed Gupta’s phone near Munjiya Chowk at the time, and police say he confessed during interrogation.
- Police seized a red Toyota Innova with visible blood stains, which forensic teams confirmed, and registered a case at Paharganj police station with a special investigation team continuing the probe.