One dead after speeding car rams another in west delhi, cops probe case

Police identified the dead man as Ankur Chanana, who was a manager at a private bank.

A man died after his car crashed into a moving car in west Delhi’s Bhupendra Nagar area during the early hours on Sunday. Police say have registered a case and are probing the accident.

DCP Purohit said there were three men in the Hyundai Verna car at the time of accident who were later identified as Raghav Arora, Kunal Lamba and Karan Arora, all residents of Tilak Nagar (HT Archive)

Police identified the dead man as Ankur Chanana, who was a manager at a private bank.

According to the police, the accident was reported around 3.15am on Sunday near Keshopur Mandi flyover in Bhupender Nagar. The police found two cars — a Honda City and another Hyundai Verna — that were involved in the accident.

“Upon enquiry, we found that the Honda City car was speeding and it rammed the other car from behind. In the accident, the Honda City car driver, identified as Ankur Chanana, a resident of Rohini, working as a manager at a private bank in Moti Nagar, was critically injured. He was rushed to Deen Dayal Upadhyay hospital by the occupants of the other car, where the doctors pronounced him dead,” said deputy commissioner of police (west) Deepak Purohit.

Police said they shifted the body to the mortuary of DDU Hospital for a postmortem examination and informed his family members.

DCP Purohit said there were three men in the Hyundai Verna car at the time of accident who were later identified as Raghav Arora, Kunal Lamba and Karan Arora, all residents of Tilak Nagar

“After admitting the injured at the hospital, all three of them reported to the police station. The Honda City car is damaged from the front, while the Verna was damaged at its rear. A case of causing death due to negligence has registered to probe the accident,” the DCP said.