3 days ago
Two die after 20-yr-old's SUV hit bike, he was assaulted outside court
A 20-year-old college student, who has been booked in connection with the death of two persons after the SUV driven by him hit a two-wheeler, was assaulted by a crowd outside a local court here on Tuesday.
Police controlled the situation and took the accused, Rohan Paresh Soni, inside the court.
An FIR of assault was filed against unknown persons at Karanj police station, said DCP Traffic (West) Neeta Desai.
The Division Traffic Police on Monday booked Soni under BNS Section 106 (causing death by negligence).
According to police, the vehicle driven by Soni hit a two-wheeler in the intervening night of Sunday and Monday near Jhansi Ki Rani statue and BRTS bus stop in Nehrunagar area of Ahmedabad, leading to the death of Akram Altaf Qureshi (22) and Ashfaq Jafar Ajmeri (35), both residents of Jamalpur.
Meanwhile, the court remanded the accused till August 14. 'The police on Tuesday sought permission from the court to add BNS Section 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), which the court allowed,' said Desai.
