Out to have ice cream, man & nephew killed in accident in Indore

Indore: A 48-year-old man and his five-year-old nephew were killed and his daughter and another nephew seriously injured when their two-wheeler was hit by a speeding car late night on Saturday.The victim Sandeep Gupta, a trader of namkeen, was going to an ice cream parlour near Zanjeerwala square with his daughter and his younger brother’s two children, when their vehicle was hit by a speeding car coming from the opposite direction.

Sandeep and his brother’s son Advik were killed on the spot whereas his daughter Miska,7, and brother’s another son Aryan, 12, were seriously injured. They were rushed to a private hospital and admitted to ICU.The police said that car driver Ajit Lalwani, 68, who is a steel businessman, was in an inebriated condition and tried to flee the spot but was nabbed by the locals and handed over to the police. He was, however, allowed to leave after medical examination. The police said that they were yet to record statements of family members following which an FIR would be registered under culpable homicide not amounting to murder and under drunk driving sections.A witness to the accident, Shobhit, said that the accused was so drunk that he could not even stand properly. The police said that Sandeep Gupta lived in a joint family at Roshan Singh Bhandari Marg. They had a routine of going to the ice cream parlour. A pall of gloom descended on the family members who carried out the final rites.The deceased trader has two daughters – Miska, who was injured in the accident and Pari, who is a college student. Advik was a nursery student in Shri Ram Continental school.
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