Overview
- In Samaypur Badli on August 23, factory worker Sujeet Mandal, 32, was hit and dragged roughly 600 metres; a 16-year-old was traced within six hours using CCTV, mobile tracking and the car’s registration.
- Police registered culpable homicide under BNS Section 105; the juvenile was produced before the Juvenile Justice Board, sent to a correctional home, and the red car registered to his sister was seized.
- Investigators booked the sister under the Motor Vehicles Act’s Section 180, are examining the mother’s role, and are considering seeking JJB permission to try the teen as an adult.
- In Ghaziabad, Bunty Kumar, 26, was arrested after a viral video showed a man being run over at low speed on Raj Nagar Road, with an FIR under BNS Sections 281 and 106.
- Two other cases this week include a 3-year-old killed by a goods carrier in Karol Bagh and a one-year-old run over at a Manesar health centre by a speeding Thar; both drivers were arrested.