Close X
Saturday, November 23, 2024
ADVT 
International

Woman Executive Who Ran Over 5 With Car In Pune, Arrested

Darpan News Desk, 20 Apr, 2017 01:30 PM
    PUNE:  A woman has been arrested for allegedly mowing down five persons who were waiting on a road divider, killing two of them, police said today.
     
    Sujata Shroff, director at a city-based realty firm, was arrested yesterday. She was later produced in a local court which granted her bail, they said.
     
    Police today added a stringent section of IPC against the 54-year-old woman and moved an application in the court, seeking cancellation of her bail.
     
    Miss Shroff allegedly drove her car recklessly and mowed down five people who were standing on a divider, waiting to cross a road in Baner area on Monday afternoon, they said.
     
    In the horrific accident captured on CCTV, 3-year-old Ishika Ajaykumar Vishwakarma died on the spot. Her mother Pooja Ajaykumar Vishwakarma, 24 suffered critical injuries and succumbed at a hospital yesterday, police said.
     
    The three others, Sayyad Ali Peer Ali, 25, Nisha Sahid Shaikh, 24 and Sajeed Sahid Shaikh, 4-- all members of a family -- were injured and are currently undergoing treatment at a private hospital, they said.
     
    Chatushringi Police booked her under IPC sections 304A (causing death by negligence), 279 (rash driving or riding on a public way), 338 (causing grievous hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others) and relevant sections of the Motor Vehicle Act.
     
    Since all these sections are bailable, the accused was granted bail by the court.
     
    "After the investigation and recording statements of the injured, we came to the conclusion that IPC section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) needs to be added to the case and we have done so.
     
    "We have moved an application in the court seeking cancellation of bail and her custody," Senior Inspector Dayanand Dhome of Chatushringi police station said.
     
    Another officer said they have obtained the CCTV footage of the mishap which shows the speeding car spinning out of control and hitting the five people standing on the road divider.
     
    "We are checking whether she was talking over phone while driving the car," he said.

    MORE International ARTICLES

    Indian Doctor Denies Genital Mutilation Charge; Judge Keeps Her Locked Up

    Indian Doctor Denies Genital Mutilation Charge; Judge Keeps Her Locked Up
    DETROIT — A Detroit-area doctor charged with performing genital mutilation on two 7-year-old girls denied the allegations through her lawyer Monday, insisting that she conducted a benign religious ritual for families of a Muslim sect.

    Indian Doctor Denies Genital Mutilation Charge; Judge Keeps Her Locked Up

    Indian Husband Accused Of Killing Wife At Dunkin Donuts On The Run In US

    Indian Husband Accused Of Killing Wife At Dunkin Donuts On The Run In US
    The FBI on Tuesday added a 26-year-old Indian national on its top 10 "Most Wanted List", two years after he went missing after allegedly killing his wife inside the kitchen of a Dunkin Donuts restaurant in the US.

    Indian Husband Accused Of Killing Wife At Dunkin Donuts On The Run In US

    Now, Australian PM Turnbull Abolishes Visa Programme Popular With Indians

    Now, Australian PM Turnbull Abolishes Visa Programme Popular With Indians
      Responding to a query, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Gopal Baglay said that the government was examining consequences of the new policy in consultation with all stakeholders. 

    Now, Australian PM Turnbull Abolishes Visa Programme Popular With Indians

    Singapore Minister Applauds Sikh Community For Its Vibrant Culture On Baisakhi

    Singapore Minister Applauds Sikh Community For Its Vibrant Culture On Baisakhi
    Singapore's Sikh community has been applauded for its vibrant culture as it celebrated Vaisakhi with foreign workers, especially those from India.

    Singapore Minister Applauds Sikh Community For Its Vibrant Culture On Baisakhi

    US Teen Accidentally Shoots Himself Dead Live On Instagram

    US Teen Accidentally Shoots Himself Dead Live On Instagram
    "I heard a big boom. I couldn't tell if it was a gunshot or what. I just knew that it was something that was wrong," the boy's mother Shaniqua Stephens told WXIA-TV.

    US Teen Accidentally Shoots Himself Dead Live On Instagram

    Two Suspected Militants Of Europe-based Organisation Arrested: Punjab Police

    Two Suspected Militants Of Europe-based Organisation Arrested: Punjab Police
    Punjab police’s Counter Intelligence Unit arrested Palwinder Singh alias Ghodu and Sandeep Kumar alias Kaalu alias Shinda — both from Batala, a spokesperson said.

    Two Suspected Militants Of Europe-based Organisation Arrested: Punjab Police