A six-year-old woman was killed and her three-year-old sister suffered accidents after being run over by a dashing electrical rickshaw in Ghaziabad’s Dasna Gate locality on Friday night, police stated on Saturday.
The motive force of the e-rickshaw fled the spot after the accident and a primary data report (FIR) was filed in opposition to him, police added.
In keeping with the police, the incident happened round 4.30pm when the car, which belonged to a fuel company and was loaded with LPG cylinders, hit the siblings, Alina and her youthful sister Ayesha, after which overturned. ,
The sisters had been standing in the lane exterior a relative’s home once they had been hit by the rickshaw.
Alina died on the spot, whereas Ayesha was rushed to a hospital for remedy and her situation is secure, stated Anshu Jain, assistant commissioner of police (metropolis 1).
Members of the family of the siblings have alleged that the e-rickshaw was being pushed rashly and the car didn’t have a registration quantity. “Each the ladies had been hit by the e-rickshaw which was being pushed rashly. The car had no registration quantity and was laden with a number of LPG cylinders belonging to a fuel provide company. Alina died on the spot whereas we rushed an injured Ayesha to a hospital. The motive force of the e-rickshaw fled the spot. We now have submitted a police criticism in this regard,” stated Amir Qureshi, uncle of the 2 ladies, whose home they had been visiting.
Based mostly on the criticism, police registered an FIR underneath sections 279 (rash driving ), 337 (inflicting damage by rash and negligent acts) and 304a (inflicting dying by negligence) of the Indian Penal Code in opposition to the unidentified driver.
Efforts had been underway to arrest the suspect, police added.
“The injured woman is presently secure and we have now shaped groups to determine and hint the absconding e-rickshaw driver. Each ladies had been visiting their maternal uncle, who’s the complainant in the case,” stated the ACP.