Radio jockey held for killing man in hit-and-run incident
Gulati confessed that he was watching videos on phone while driving and could not see the victim on his scooter.
New Delhi: A 35-year-old radio jockey was arrested on Saturday in connection with an alleged hit-and-run case, in which a man had died last week, the police said.
The accused, Ankit Gulati, a resident of East Patel Nagar, was arrested from his residence, they said.
Gulati, who works at a private radio station, had allegedly ramped his SUV into a scooter near Le Meridien Hotel on Raisina Road in Lutyens’ Delhi on June 30, killing 37-year-old Dhiraj.
According to the police, Gulati’s speeding SUV rammed into LJP worker Dheeraj Kumar’s bike at Windsor Place early on last Sunday, leaving him badly injured. He was rushed to Dr Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital but was declared dead on arrival.
During investigation, the police identified the car after scanning CCTV footage. Later, they got details of the owner of the vehicle and arrested Gulati, said deputy commissioner of police (New Delhi) Madhur Verma.
During interrogation, Gulati said that on June 29, he met his friends at Rajender Nagar and went to a club in Nehru Place around 12:30 am, where they consumed alcohol, Mr Verma said.
Thereafter, they reached another club in Chanakyapuri around 2:30 am and consumed more alcohol. He left the club at 5:15 am and was going towards Connaught Place when the accident took place, the DCP said.
Gulati confessed that he was watching videos on phone while driving and could not see the victim on his scooter. After the accident, he fled from the spot and reached his home. He sent his car for repairing at a workshop on July 1, the police said, adding that the vehicle has been recovered from the workshop.
On Friday, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal met family members of the deceased and ordered a magisterial enquiry into the accident.