Three women, including a 28-year- old, were crushed to death by a vehicle driven by a Delhi Police sub-inspector in Badarpur area as he apparently dozed off while driving.
Rishi Pal (59), currently posted with PCR Command at the police headquarters, was arrested and a case under 304 (A) of IPC (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) was slapped on him.
The deceased, all of whom were sanitation workers, have been identified as Shakuntala (55), Meera (50) and Maya (28).
The incident took place around 9.30 am near a toll plaza on the Mehrauli-Badarpur road in South-east Delhi when the sanitation workers were cleaning the road.
Eyewitnesses said that all three died on the spot.
A Santro car came down from Badarpur side and mowed down my mother and two others. All of them died. The driver was later caught.
– Son of one of the women killed
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