Overview
- The child, identified by police as Abhi, was struck on Wednesday evening in A Block, Sector 31 and was declared dead at a nearby hospital.
- An FIR was registered at Sector 20 police station on a complaint by the boy’s father, Ashish, and the vehicle involved was seized.
- The driver, Jayant Sharma, 32, was taken into custody, produced in court and released on bail, with no alcohol detected in his medical exam, according to police.
- Investigators are examining CCTV footage to establish the sequence of events and assess whether negligent driving led to the death.
- A video of the incident circulated on social media, amplifying resident concerns about pedestrian safety in narrow residential lanes.