Cab driver killed in hit-and-run on KMP expressway near Gurugram-Nuh border

Police are scanning CCTV footage to trace the hit-and-run vehicle after an FIR was registered under BNS sections for negligence and rash driving.

Updated on: Sep 10, 2026, 13:51:06 IST

By Debashish Karmakar

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Gurugram : A 31-year-old cab driver died after being hit by a vehicle on the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) expressway near the Gurugram-Nuh border late Tuesday, police said Wednesday.

An FIR was registered under BNS sections for negligence and rash driving after the fatal hit-and-run incident on the KMP Expressway. (Yogendra Kumar/HT Photo)

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The victim, Gurpreet Singh Anand of Sector-22, Faridabad, was travelling towards Gurugram when he stopped to relieve himself, police said. A senior police officer said, “He had moved away from the expressway when a vehicle veered off the road and hit him.” Commuters found Anand injured and alerted police. “Emergency vehicles rushed him to a private hospital, where he was declared dead,” the officer said.

Sandeep Turan, public relations officer of the Gurugram police, said the vehicle fled. “None saw the accident take place. Police are scanning CCTV footage along the route to identify the vehicle and trace its registration number,” he said.

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An FIR was registered against an unidentified driver under BNS sections 106 (death by negligence) and 281 (rash driving) on Wednesday.

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Debashish Karmakar
Debashish Karmakar is a principal correspondent with the Hindustan Times, Gurugram bureau. He has a vast journalistic experience of almost 14 years of covering crime, court, power, transport, administration, weather and other beats while working across various organisations. He has been covering Gurugram, Faridabad, Nuh, Palwal and other districts of southern Haryana for more than four and a half years. He has produced several breaking and exclusive stories while reporting from the ground where he maintains a strong presence on a daily basis. He writes news articles which are hard-hitting and accurate. With his strong bureaucratic sources, he frequently writes stories to expose the failure of the system forcing authorities to take necessary course-corrective steps. Besides crime, important convictions and court orders, he also writes on human-angle stories, on power issues and challenges faced by the residents on a daily basis in Gurugram and neighbouring areas. In the past, he worked for media houses like The Times of India, where he extensively reported on important government matters and daily proceedings at the Patna High Court. He has also worked in the electronic media and had done ground coverage on the Kedarnath deluge that wrecked Uttarakhand in 2013.Read More

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