Two mowed down by speeding truck in Pataudi, bodies mutilated

A police officer privy to the investigation said the duo came under the truck’s rear wheels and were dragged for 20 to 30 feet. Their bodies were mutilated by the time the truck stopped.

Published on: Feb 20, 2026, 04:52:09 IST

By Debashish Karmakar

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Gurugram:

Investigators said that the bodies were later shifted to the government mortuary and were handed over to the family after autopsies.

Two brothers died after a speeding truck mowed them down on Haily Mandi-Pataudi road on Thursday morning, police said, adding that the truck driver was arrested.

Police identified the deceased as Ishawar Singh, 60, an ex-serviceman and his elder brother Guggan Singh, 64, from Katopuri village in Rewari.

Police said Ishwar was riding a motorcycle with his brother sitting pillion. They were travelling from Rewari towards Badshahpur to a relative’s house when the incident occurred between 10am and 10.15am. The truck tried to overtake the duo but ended up hitting their motorcycle causing Ishwar to lose balance and topple on the road.

A police officer privy to the investigation said the duo came under the truck’s rear wheels and were dragged for 20 to 30 feet. Their bodies were mutilated by the time the truck stopped.

“The driver fled the scene, and commuters alerted the police. The duo were taken to Pataudi sub-divisional hospital where doctors declared them dead,” he said.

Sandeep Turan, public relations officer of Gurugram police, said that police arrested the truck driver identified as 25-year-old Sonu Kumar from Auraiya, Uttar Pradesh, within a couple of hours of the incident.

“He was travelling from Pataudi to Jatoli and was trying to overtake the motorcycle which resulted in the accident,” he said.

On the complaint of Ishwar’s son Ajay Singh, 31, police registered an FIR against the driver at Pataudi police station on Thursday under sections 106 (causing death by negligence) and 281 (rash driving) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

Investigators said that the bodies were later shifted to the government mortuary and were handed over to the family after autopsies.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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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