21-year-old student held for killing two in road mishap

The Gurugram police today arrested a final-year B-Tech student in connection with a road accident that killed two young men including a student. The accused student was driving a Tata Harrier car in the wrong direction on Golf Course Extension Road last Saturday and hit a scooter, killing the two young men riding on it.

According to the police, the accused student is identified as Akreet Yadav (21), a resident of Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh. He is a final-year B-Tech student at Jaypee College, Noida. He was released on bail after joining the investigation.

Two young men on a scooter died after a speeding Tata Harrier, travelling on the wrong side, hit them on the golf course extension road in the Sector 56 police station area in the wee hours of last Saturday.

The driver fled, abandoning the vehicle, which the police seized. An FIR was registered at the Sector 56 police station. While investigating, the police traced the car driver using the registration number and arrested him.

The police had identified the deceased as Kartik Suresh (24), a resident of Sector 60, Gurugram, and Roshan (28), from Motihari, Bihar. Kartik was a student at a private university. Roshan worked at a call centre and also rode a scooter part-time for an app-based service. Kartik had booked Roshan’s scooter. Kartik had left home on Friday night to attend a friend’s birthday. At about 2.40 am on Saturday, the Tata Harrier, coming via Dharam Marg road, struck the scooter while driving in the wrong direction. The injured were taken to a nearby hospital, where they died.

“The accused is a student of Jaypee College, Noida. He had come to Gurugram from Noida to attend a party, and the accident occurred when he was returning to Noida. He was released on bail and a further probe is underway,” said ASI Deepak Kumar, the investigating officer.