NRI held for mowing down scooterist under SUV in Chandigarh

According to police, the accused NRI, Mohabbat Singh, 32, who hails from Rupnagar, hit Shiva’s Honda Activa scooter with his Toyota Fortuner near Punjab National Bank in Palsora, Chandigarh, around 7.40 pm on Thursday

An Australia-based NRI was arrested after he ran over a scooterist with his SUV in Palsora on Thursday.

The injured scooterist was rushed to PGIMER, Chandigarh, by his elder brother with the help of a shopkeeper in his car. But he was declared brought dead. The NRI was arrested from the accident spot. (HT Photo)

The deceased was identified as Shiva Kashyap, 30, a resident of Sector 41, who worked for a private firm.

According to police, the accused, Mohabbat Singh, 32, who hails from Rupnagar, hit Shiva’s Honda Activa scooter with his Toyota Fortuner near Punjab National Bank in Palsora around 7.40pm.

An injured Shiva was rushed to PGIMER by his elder brother, Vishal, with the help of a shopkeeper in his car. But he was declared brought dead. Mohabbat was arrested from the accident spot.

He was booked under Sections 279 (rash driving) and 304-A (causing death by negligence) of the Indian Penal Code on Vishal’s complaint.