NEW DELHI: Three members of a family, including a minor, were killed after their motorcycle met with an accident in northwest Delhi’s Mukundpur flyover, police said on Monday.
The Jahangirpuri police station received a PCR call at around 12.05 am regarding a road accident near Mukundpur flyover, Outer Ring Road. Upon arriving at the spot, police found three people on motorcycle lying dead, in a suspected hit-and-run accident, a senior police officer said.
There was no CCTV camera in the immediate vicinity of the accident spot. Also, no eyewitnesses were found at the scene.
The deceased have been identified as Shahid (60), his son Faiz (28), and his daughter’s son Hamza (12), all residents of North Gonda. A case has been registered at the Jahangirpuri police station.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the three were returning home from Uttam Nagar when the incident took place. Shahid’s brother said that the entire family had gone to his daughter’s home in Uttam Nagar. While returning, he put his family into a cab and rode home on a motocycle with his son and grandson.
According to his brother, a speeding car hit them, throwing them off the bike, and another car came from behind and ran over them. Both the cars were reported to be travelling at dangerous speeds in the extremely crowded area.