19-07-2025
2 killed as ‘speeding' car driven by ASI's son rams into pedestrians in Gujarat's Bhavnagar
Two people were killed and two others sustained injuries when a Hyundai Creta car, allegedly driven by the son of a police officer who was racing with a friend, rammed into pedestrians and two-wheelers in Gujarat's Bhavnagar on Thursday.
The incident occurred at around 4.30 pm between Bhagwati Circle and Shakti Mataji Temple in the city's Kaliyabid area, the police said. The deceased have been identified as Bhargav Bhatti, 30, and Champa Vachhani, 65.
Officers said the car was driven by Harshrajsinh Gohil, son of Aniruddhsinh Gohil, Assistant Sub-Inspector, Local Crime Branch, Bhavnagar. Harshrajsinh was allegedly speeding at the time of the accident.
According to the police, Bhatti, who works in a private company in the city, was standing on the roadside with his friend when the car hit him. Three others, including two women, were admitted to Sir T General Hospital with serious injuries, among whom Vachhani died during treatment.
In a video statement, R R Singhal, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Bhavnagar City, said, 'Eyewitnesses said the driver of the car drove recklessly and at a speed when he hit the people. The inspector of Nilambaug police station has spoken to the family members of the deceased and will be taking their complaint in the matter.'
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DSP Singhal told The Indian Express, 'The driver of the vehicle called his father, who works with the Bhavnagar police, and informed him of the accident. It was only due to this early information by his father to the control room, to myself and to the Nilambaug police inspector, that an ambulance was informed at the earliest and the injured people received treatment immediately.'
The DSP said the Nilambaug police initially filed a case under BNS 106(a) (causing death by negligence). 'However, after obtaining CCTV footage of the incident, we asked the court to include additional sections including 106 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), which is a non-bailable offence and entails a minimum punishment of seven years,' he added.
Harshrajsinh remains in police custody as the investigation is underway.
