India: Driver nabbed after 60km chase in fatal Audi-Ertiga Delhi Ring Road crash

Dubai: Delhi Police have arrested a 25-year-old man accused of causing a fatal collision on Ring Road in South Delhi on Saturday morning, a report in the Indian media has said.

The accident on Saturday claimed the life of Sukhjit, a 28-year-old resident of Hisar, Haryana.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southwest) Surendra Choudhary said: “After examining footage from approximately 50 CCTV cameras and pursuing the accused for nearly 60 kilometers, a police team successfully arrested him.”

The suspect, Paras Pathaniya, a resident of Paschim Vihar, fled the scene after the accident, according to The Indian Express.

According to police the deadly crash occurred around 6:30am when Sukhjit was driving his Maruti Ertiga SUV from Dhaula Kuan toward South Extension. An Audi, driven by Pathaniya, crossed the divider from the opposite lane and collided head-on with Sukhjit’s vehicle.

Sukhjit was rushed to the AIIMS Trauma Centre in an ambulance but was declared dead upon arrival.

Pathaniya, who recently returned to India in April 2024 after living in Canada since 2018, has been charged under sections 281 (rash driving) and 106 (death by negligence) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

The police continue to investigate the circumstances leading to the crash.