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Five Pedestrians Killed in Agra After Speeding SUV Runs Over Crowd, Driver Arrested

Police opened an FIR, with a preliminary probe citing possible intoxication during ongoing CCTV reviews and post-mortems.

Overview

  • Police say the Tata Nexon lost control around 8:30 pm in Nagla Budhi, striking a bike and a divider before mowing down seven people.
  • The deceased were identified as Babli, Bhanu Pratap, Kamal, Krishna (also reported as Krish), and Bantesh, with two others—Rahul and Golu—hospitalized.
  • Assistant Commissioner of Police Shesh Mani Upadhyay said the five critically injured were brought to Sarojini Naidu Medical College and declared dead on arrival.
  • The driver, identified by police sources as Anshu Gupta, 40, an Agra resident employed as an engineer in Noida, was detained and the SUV seized.
  • Investigators registered an FIR, reviewed CCTV, and sent bodies for post-mortem, with police noting preliminary indications of intoxication pending formal tests.