Drunk Student Out for Birthday Celebration Runs Car Over 9 In Nagpur, Gets Arrested

Nagpur: An incident in Nagpur brought back the deadly memories of the Pune Porsche Car Crash after nine were allegedly mowed down by a car Hyundai Verna driven by drunk engineering student Bhushan Lanjewar

The student allegedly ran his car over people sleeping on the footpath in the Dighori area of ​​Nagpur on Monday midnight thereby killing two and injuring seven.

Seven people, including four children, were injured in the accident that occurred at 12:40 am, said an official of Wathoda Police Station.

The victims are members of a toy-selling family and live on the footpath, the official said. Lanjewar fled the scene along with five others (in an inebriated condition) and was later arrested based on CCTV footage.

A similar incident unfolded in the city in February after a woman named Ritika alias Ritu Dinesh Malu allegedly rammed her Mercedes into a bike and killed two on the Ram Jhula.

Man Held for Gold Smuggling Jumps From 6th Floor in Nagpur

A man held for allegedly smuggling gold ended his life by jumping off the sixth-floor office of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence in the CGO Complex in Nagpur, a police official said on Monday. The incident took place in the DRI office in Seminary Hills here late Sunday night, the Gittikhadan police station official said.

"Deepak Machhindra Desai (27) was arrested on June 14 from Sangli in a case involving smuggling of gold from Dubai for sale in Uttar Pradesh. His associate was earlier held after gold worth Rs 2 crore was found in a car going from Varanasi to Lucknow," the official said.

"On Sunday night, when Desai was being questioned by DRI personnel, he jumped off from a window. He was rushed to hospital where he died of severe injuries. An accidental death case has been registered and further probe is underway," the official said. (with PTI inputs)