GURGAON: A 23-year-old man died after his bike had a head-on collision with an SUV being pushed on the unsuitable facet on Golf Course Street in DLF 2 early on Sunday morning. The SUV driver was detained and later launched on bail.
Police stated biker Akshat Garg was from Pochanpur in Dwarka. The SUV driver, Kuldeep Kumar Thakur (25), is a resident of Ghitorni and the co-founder of a PR firm.
In keeping with police, Garg and his good friend Pradyuman Kumar (22) left Dwarka early on Sunday morning for a trip on separate bikes. The duo first went to DLF Downtown, following which they deliberate to satisfy a bunch of riders at Atmosphere Mall.
Kumar stated Garg had taken all precautions and was sporting a helmet and different security gear. Kumar was following him on one other bike on Golf Course Street when the accident occurred close to Belvedere Towers round 5.25am.
A Mahindra XUV 300 automotive, pushed by Thakur, abruptly appeared and Garg’s bike collided head-on with it, Kumar stated. Thakur was driving the automotive within the unsuitable course on the one-way lane, he added.
“I used to be round 100ft behind Garg and witnessed the accident. I rushed to him. Whereas some passersby caught maintain of the SUV driver, others known as up the police and an ambulance. I used to be with Akshat making an attempt to take away his helmet and ready for the ambulance. However by the point it arrived, he had stopped respiration,” Kumar stated.
Kumar alleged that Thakur was driving on the unsuitable facet of the street at a excessive pace, resulting in the loss of life of his good friend. “The SUV additionally had a sticker of a BJP candidate. Police did not settle for footage of the accident recorded by my GoPro digicam, which I had put in on my helmet as proof. They quickly launched Thakur on bail, in all probability as a consequence of his political connections,” he alleged.
The footage, which was additionally circulated extensively on social media, exhibits Garg using his bike at a excessive pace and crashing into the SUV.
Police have denied Kumar’s claims, stating that the video footage was accepted as proof and the driving force was booked and granted bail in accordance with the legislation. Based mostly on Kumar’s grievance, an FIR was lodged at DLF 2 police station in opposition to Thakur below BNS sections 106 (inflicting loss of life by negligence), 281 (rash driving) and 324(4) (inflicting injury exceeding Rs 20,000), in addition to related sections of the MV Act.
Thakur instructed the police that he was following Google Maps whereas coming back from Palwal together with one other individual when the accident occurred.
“Thakur’s medical examination was carried out. We collected his blood samples as nicely. He joined the investigation and was granted bail. We take wrong-side driving significantly and have issued challans to 16,300 individuals for the offence in Aug alone. We are going to proceed to take motion in opposition to violators,” a senior police officer instructed TOI.
