A 30-year-old freelance filmmaker died on Tuesday, three days after he was critically injured in an accident close to the Panchsheel Park Metro station in south Delhi, cops conscious of the matter mentioned on Wednesday.
Buddies of Piyush Pal, the sufferer, additionally alleged that his laptop computer, digicam, and different valuables had been stolen as he lay bleeding on the highway, although police didn’t touch upon the allegations. In response to police, the accident occurred on Saturday evening, at round 10pm, when the motorbike ridden by Pal, a resident of Kalkaji who labored as freelance photographer in Gurugram, collided with one other two-wheeler, pushed by Bunty Kumar, 26, a resident of Badarpur who works as a non-public driver in Gurugram.
Deputy commissioner of police (south) Chandan Chaudhary mentioned the Hauz Khas police obtained a name in regards to the accident at 10.11pm. “A crew reached there, the place each individuals had been discovered to be shifted to totally different hospitals. No eyewitness was discovered at spot… One injured was discovered to be shifted to PSRI hospital and one other to AIIMS Trauma Centre,” she mentioned.
The DCP mentioned that CCTV footage was analysed, during which the bike pushed by Pal seems to collide with Kumar’s car. “On Kumar’s assertion, a case below Indian Penal Code sections 279 (driving a car in a negligent method) and 337 (rash driving) was registered on Monday. On Tuesday at round 6 pm, info was obtained in regards to the loss of life of Pal. The publish mortem was performed on Wednesday and the useless physique was handed over to his relations,” Chaudhary mentioned.
In the meantime, Pal’s associates claimed that after the accident, his laptop computer, digicam, and cell phone had been stolen by onlookers.
Ishani Dutta, a former colleague claimed that as a substitute of informing the police or speeding Pal to hospital, onlookers had been busy capturing his images and movies on their telephones.
In the meantime, a senior journalist buddy of Pal, who declined to be named, mentioned, “A passerby stole Pal’s laptop computer, purse and cell, and lots of took images and selfies.”
When requested in regards to the allegations, DCP Choudhary mentioned the claims can solely be ascertained after an investigation.
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