Overview
- Police identified the victim as Mukesh Baghel, 40, a petrol pump worker who died in hospital after the collision.
- The crash occurred Wednesday afternoon on Vyapar Kendra Road in Sector 44 during Holi as Baghel was returning from duty.
- Officers found the Mahindra Thar abandoned at the scene and registered an FIR against an unidentified driver.
- The case cites rash driving and causing death by negligence under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, along with Motor Vehicles Act provisions for driving without number plates.
- Investigators said the vehicle’s registration traces to Badshahpur and that CCTV footage is being examined, with the body handed to the family after a post-mortem.