8-year-old boy mowed down by SUV driver performing stunts at wedding reception
GHAZIABAD: An 8-year-old boy was killed allegedly by a man performing stunts at a wedding reception in Nandgram, Ghaziabad, late Wednesday.
The boy’s family said the child had gone to watch the stunts along with two other boys. After the locals informed the police about the incident, officers reached the spot and seized the SUV and arrested the driver, Shamsuddin, a resident of Old Seemapuri in Delhi.
Onlookers said the driver was making steep turns at high speed, besides applying sudden brakes as part of the stunt.
The boy, Vansh, was the older of two siblings and was resident of Nandgram. The driver was reportedly part of the group that had come to play DJ music at the reception held in Ambedkar Bhawan.
“I was having dinner when my wife asked to me go out and look for Vansh around 10.30pm. A wedding ceremony was on in Ambedkar Bhawan nearby. When I neared the venue, I found a crowd there and some people told me that three boys were knocked down by the SUV. The two boys with Vansh escaped with minor injuries,” said Mohan Kumar, an auto- rickshaw driver.
“We then rushed to a nearby hospital where we were told that the boy was taken to another hospital in Kavi Nagar. There, my son was declared dead on arrival. He had suffered severe injuries to the head,” Kumar said.
Jitendra Baliyan, SHO, Sihani Gate police station, said, “The accused driver was arrested. He had arrived at the wedding with a group of people who provided the DJ music at the function. He was driving the SUV at a high speed and performing stunts. Vansh was taken to a hospital where he was declared dead by doctors. We have lodged an FIR against the accused after a police complaint was filed by the family.”
Shamsuddin was booked under IPC sections 304a (causing death by negligence) and 279 (rash driving) at the Sihani Gate police station.
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