New Delhi: A Police constable of Delhi had allegedly ran his car over a toddler and his 60-year-old grandmother on NH24 near Akshardham Temple on Sunday afternoon in which toddler named Gopal had been died and grandmother had been injured.
Police had arrested and booked the accused Ashok for causing death by negligence.
Relatives of the victims said it was an intentionally killing and another constable Pradeep was also involved in it. Both the cops are posted at the Pandav Nagar police station.
Police said that Medical examination of Ashok has confirmed that he was drunk.
Family members of the deceased Gopal, who was less than a year old, said they earned the ire of Ashok and Pradeep because they defied the cops’ order to serve fried fish to them. .
The family sustains itself by fishing and cultivating vegetables in the open fields alongside National Highway-24.
They alleged that it has been a practice for the policemen to visit their shop to consume liquor and demand free snacks.
Indal, uncle of Gopal said, “On Sunday, too, a couple of policemen in uniform made a similar demand. When we refused, one of them first ran over Gopal while reversing a Ritz car and then again while driving forward. His grandmother, too, sustained major injuries while trying to save his life.”
Other locals, some of whom claimed to be eyewitnesses, made these allegations.
They got hold of Ashok’s uniform and protested on NH-24 blocking the traffic for hours.
Meanwhile police tried to justified the act and claim it an accident. Joint Commissioner of Police (Eastern Range) said, “It happened when Ashok was trying to reverse the vehicle. The child was playing behind the vehicle and was trapped under the wheels.”
Police said it was Ashok who ushed the victims to Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital and he informed the Police Control Room. They also said Ashok was not on duty at the time of the incident.
Another police official said, “We have registered a case under Sections 304-A (causing death by negligence) and 279 (rash and negligent driving) under the Indian Penal Code and are probing the matter.”
Bureau Report
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