Man, 2 grandchildren, 8 and 10, run over by speeding Thar in Pataudi

A speeding Mahindra Thar ran over a 52-year-old and his two grandchildren in Pataudi; driver fled, police to register FIR under rash driving.

Published on: Mar 28, 2026, 10:23:50 IST

By Debashish Karmakar, Gurugram

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A 52-year-old and his two minor grandchildren were killed after a speeding Mahindra Thar ran them over at Khod village in Haryana’s Pataudi late Friday night, police said.

The deceased were identified as Subhash Khan from Khod, and Ishant Khan (10) and Jaid Khan (8), both from Bhiwadi in Rajasthan.

The trio had stepped out for a stroll when the accident occurred around 11 pm on Friday. All three were taken to the community health centre in Pataudi, where doctors declared them dead on arrival.

An eyewitness said that the Thar was being driven at high speed. “The Thar ended up getting trapped between a roadside tree and an electric pole. The driver rang someone after which another car reached the spot, in which the driver got in and fled from the spot within minutes without helping the victims,” he said, adding that the entire incident was recorded on a CCTV camera near the spot, which police have seized.

A villager said that Ishant and Jaid lived in Bhiwadi and were visiting Subhash, their maternal grandfather. “Subhash had taken the duo to meet his younger brother and was walking back home with both the minors after dinner when they were hit by the Thar,” he said.

Station house officer (SHO) of Pataudi police station Braham Prakash said that the Thar driver was identified and will be arrested soon.

“An FIR under section 106 (causing death by negligence) and 281 (rash driving) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) will be registered against the Thar driver as soon as the family members of the deceased persons submit a written complaint against him after reaching from Rajasthan,” he said.

Investigators said that the Thar, bearing a Gurugram registration number, was owned by a man from Inchha Puri, a village neighbouring Khod. However, it was being driven by the owner’s brother-in-law.

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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