An elderly woman died allegedly after being hit by a car inside a group housing society’s premises in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida, officials said on Friday (October 13).The police booked the driver, a co-resident of the condominium for causing death by negligence, they added.
The 76-year-old woman, identified as Krishna Narang, was on her way back from the local temple to her home in Mahagun Moderne Society in Sector 78 at around 1 pm on Wednesday. A car mowed her down at a turn, an eye witness claimed.
The victim was rushed to the hospital where she succumbed to her injuries during treatment.
What did the police say?
The accused, identified as Gaurav Walia, also extended help to shift the woman to the hospital along with three private security guards of the society, the eyewitness claimed.
"The accident in which the elderly woman got injured took place inside the society. She was taken to a hospital where she passed away. Her family members did not file any complaint with the police," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Noida) Harish Chander said.
Sarvesh Singh, the Sector 113 police station in-charge, said that they received a complaint from the society's security supervisor Kaushal Kumar on Thursday after which they filed an FIR.
The FIR has been lodged under the Indian Penal Code sections 279 (driving a vehicle negligently), 338 (causing grievous hurt due to negligence) and 304A (causing death by negligence), police said.
"The accused, who lives in the same society, is yet to be arrested," the police officer said on Friday morning.
(With PTI inputs)
