Man held for ramming cab, killing two in Ggm

Driver of cab, another man had died while a woman, a copilot, was injured

The Gurugram police arrested a Sector 57 resident for allegedly driving on the wrong side of the road in his SUV and ramming a cab on Sunday morning in the Cyber City- DLF Phase 1 underpass, near Sikanderpur Metro station. The collision, which took place around 5.30am, left two people dead and a woman, a co-pilot, severely injured.

The driver of the cab and a security guard present in the cab died on the spot, while the woman, a resident of Sector 61, was admitted to Medanta – The Medicity. The police said she is out of danger and her condition is improving.

The police identified the accused as Mohammad Sazid, of Sangam Vihar in New Delhi, who was living in a rented accommodation in Sector 57.

Sazid was returning in the Scorpio from Rishikesh in Uttarakhand along with two friendswhen the incident took place, the police said.

He was arrested on Monday evening after he was discharged from Mayom Hospital in Sushant Lok Phase-1, where he was being treated for minor fractures to his legs, the police said.

The police said his two friends had also sought treatment at the same hospital but were discharged on Sunday since they suffered only minor injuries.

“Sazid works as a cab driver and owns the Scorpio which he had bought from another person a few months ago. However, it is yet to be transferred to him. The MP Lok Sabha sticker on the car was a fake and he has no political relations,” Ravinder Kumar, PRO, Gurugram police, said.

The accused said he had taken the wrong carriageway accidentally but as he had travelled halfway, he decided to continue the journey towards MG Road.

The police also found alcohol bottles in the Scorpio and said that one of the three occupants of the Scorpio car tried to put a bottle in the cab to mislead them.

“The accused will be presented before a court on Tuesday. A case has been lodged against him under relevant sections of the IPC,” Kumar said.

The police have not tested the blood alcohol level of the accused.