UP: Security guard killed after being hit, dragged by SUV for several metres in Greater Noida

Greater Noida: A 37-year-old security guard was killed after a speeding SUV rammed him and dragged him for several metres before fleeing the spot near Aichhar T-point in Greater Noida on Saturday evening, said police, adding that the vehicle was impounded from the suspect’s residence on Sunday but the driver is on the run and has applied for bail. The car owner has been identified and will be arrested soon, they added.

According to the police, the incident occurred on Saturday evening around 7pm when Mukesh Lodhi, a security guard at a high rise society in Delta 1, was returning home on foot from work.

Ajay Raj, the deceased’s brother and a resident of Bulandshahr, said his brother has been working at the society since the past seven years and he was hit from behind by a ‘rashly driven’ SUV when he was walking home.

In a police complaint registered with the police, Ajay Raj said, “On Saturday around 7.15pm, after completing his shift, Lodhi was heading towards his home, when near Achher T-point, a speeding Scorpio SUV, with a UP registration number plate, hit him. The driver did not stop on collision, and the vehicle continued to go for several metres with Lodhi lying on the windshield before he dropped to the ground. The vehicle sped away and my brother’s colleagues, who were walking a few feet behind him, swiftly admitted him to the hospital. They then informed me about the incident and I too reached the hospital”.

Lodhi was succumbed to his injuries and declared dead on arrival by the hospital authorities, Raj said.

Based on his complaint, the police registered an FIR in the case under Sections 279 (rash driving) and 304A (causing death by negligence) of the Indian Penal Code at the Beta 2 station of the city.

“A number plate was confiscated from the spot, and based on that, we zeroed in on the owner, who is a resident of Ghaziabad. We impounded the vehicle from the suspect’s residence on Sunday, but he was not to be found there. Later, the suspect applied for bail through his lawyer,” SHO Vinod Kumar Mishra said. He also said that further legal proceedings into the matter is underway.