Indore Hit-and-Run: Arrested BMW driver was in rush to take birthday cake for friend
   Date :17-Sep-2024

Diksha Jadon  Lakshmi Tomar
 
Senior Special Correspondent ;
 
Main accused of Indore’s tragic accident has been arrested. Two young women were killed on Sunday after a speeding BMW hit them. Initial investigation reveal that accused was coming from wrong side. Local court has sent accused driver Gajendra Pratap Singh Gurjar (28) to 14-day judicial custody, an official said. The victims, Diksha Jadon (25) and Lakshmi Tomar (24), were on the scooty, were seriously injured in the collision with the BMW and died during treatment in the hospital. Gajendra Gurjar is arrested for allegedly crashing his BMW into two women on a scooty in Indore was driving in a hurry to take a birthday cake for his friend, police said on Monday. Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Amarendra Singh said that the police arrested Gajendra Pratap Singh Gurjar, an employee of a private company, for the accident in the Khajrana police station area around 11.30 pm on September 14. Gurjar wanted to reach his friend’s house at midnight with a cake to celebrate the latter’s birthday, and was driving in a hurry in the wrong lane, he said.
 
The accused fled with the cake, leaving the badly damaged BMW behind. Singh said that the victims, Diksha Jadon (25) and Lakshmi Tomar (24), riding the scooty, were seriously injured in the collision with the BMW and died during treatment in the hospital. A case has been registered against Gurjar under Section 105 (culpable homicide) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS), he said. Deputy Commissioner of Police Abhinay Vishwakarma said, “Initial interrogation of the accused revealed that he had bought the BMW car from a person in Chandigarh on an agreement.” He said that both the car and scooty were badly damaged, and the women were thrown off the two-wheeler on opposite side of the road due to the impact. “The BMW was mangled so badly that it was no longer drivable. The accused parked the car and fled with the cake,” Vishwakarma said.