Elderly woman sleeping on footpath run over in Hit and run case,Goods vehicle driver arrested by Madiwala Traffic Police

Yogesh K Porwar & Siddarath Sethia

The Madiwala traffic police track down a 28-year-old goods vehicle driver who was on the run after running over a 60-year-old unidentified woman sleeping on the footpath of the Madiwala market in the wee hours of Saturday.

The accused Sushash Murugan,resident of HSR Layout had come to drop the goods at the market in the wee hours and run over and sped away killing on the spot .

The Traffic Inspector Mohammed Siraj and team rushed to the spot and shifted the body for post mortem and gathered the track marks of the vehicle for further investigations.

The police analyzed over 50 CCTV footages from in and around before zeroing in on the vehicle .

Based on the registration number when the police reached his residence the accused had fled to Tamilnadu.

The police obtained his number and counselled and convinced the accused to return to the city and arrested him.

The accused has been charged with death due to negligence and rash and negligence driving for further investigations.