Hit-and-run case: Car fatally knocks down woman in Nashik; driver held

In yet another hitandrun case in Maharashtra a 31yearold woman was killed after a speeding car knocked her down in Nashik city police said on Wednesday reported news agency PTIThe 51yearold car driver who was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the incident on Tuesday evening and fled from the spot was later arrested in the Nashik hitandrun case they saidThe accused has been identified as Devchand Rambhau Tidme resident of Dhruv Nagar who worked at a company in Satpur MIDC area in Nashik an official from Gangapur police station said reported PTIThe victim Archana Kishore Shinde resident of Hanuman Nagar was walking home after work at around 6 pm when the speeding car hit her from behind on Bardan PhataShivaji Nagar Road near Gangapur Road the official said reported PTIThe woman received a serious head injury She was taken to a nearby hospital where doctors declared her dead he saidBefore the accident two youth coming from the opposite direction saw the car heading towards the woman and they tried to alert the driverHowever the car driver did not reduce the speed and the vehicle hit Shinde The car driver then fled from the spot the police said reported PTIThe incident was captured in the CCTV cameras installed in the areaAn alert citizen present at the spot also noted down the cars numberThe police later reached the drivers home and arrested him in the Nashik hitandrun case He was on his way home when the accident took place the official said reported PTIHis medical checkup report indicated he was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the accident As a result he could not control the vehicle and hit Shinde After the accident he did not help the victim and went home instead the police said reported PTIThe Gangapur police have registered a case against the man under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 105 culpable homicide not amounting to murder 281 rash driving and provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act the official said reported PTIA probe was on into the case the police addedOn Sunday a woman was killed in Mumbais Worli area after a BMW car hit a twowheeler on which she was travelling and dragged her for 15 km police earlier saidThree persons including the son of a Shiv Sena politician have been arrested in connection with the incident according to policeLate Sunday night a police man was killed in Pune when a car rammed into the motorbike of two cops on patrolling duty in Khadki area A 24yearold man was arrested in this connection on MondayIn another hitandrun incident on Sunday night a 23yearold man was killed after an unidentified vehicle knocked him down in Nagpur cityOn February 25 a woman drove her Mercedes car recklessly allegedly under the influence of alcohol and crashed into two men travelling on a scooter on Ram Jhula bridge here Both riders died after the crashThe woman surrendered before police on July 1 more than four months after the crash and was subsequently placed under arrestOn July 2 a court here ordered her release terming her arrest in the case unlawfulWith inputs from PTI