Man dies after being hit by bike

A pedestrian died after a speeding motorcycle hit him from behind in Rihod village on Friday.

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According to the FIR registered at the Chandimandir police station, the victim, identified as Dikshan, was returning home with his friend, Suraj Singh, when a motorcycle, bearing registration number HR03K2551, hit him from behind. The motorcycle was allegedly being ridden recklessly by Kesh Kumar, who is known to the complainant.

Dikshan was rushed to a hospital in Barwala and later referred to the Sector 6 Government Hospital, Panchkula, where he succumbed to injuries yesterday.

The police have booked Kesh Kumar under Sections 106, 125(a) and 281 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for negligence and rash driving leading to death.