Overview
- Police said the bus struck a scooter, a motorcycle, a hand‑rickshaw and pedestrians around 9:45 am on the Najafgarh–Nangloi Road, leaving two dead and others injured.
- The deceased were identified as Ravi Kant (Ravikant) Sharma, 32, and Kamal Jeet (Tilwalia), 39, while two others were hospitalised, including a 20‑year‑old woman.
- Roughly 500 locals gathered after the crash, vandalised the involved bus and set a second DTC bus on fire, with five additional buses sustaining minor damage, according to officials.
- Delhi Police registered an FIR against the driver, named as Deepak, for rash driving and causing death by negligence, and a separate FIR against unidentified persons over vandalism and arson.
- Investigators are reviewing CCTV and DTC officials face scrutiny as witnesses and a workers’ union alleged reckless driving, including buses racing, and raised concerns over driver hiring practices; in a separate safety case, contractor Himanshu Gupta was arrested over the Janakpuri pit death.