A 54-year-old Delhi Police head constable was killed when a speeding car driven by an 18-year-old rammed into his motorcycle while he was on way to work on Sunday, police said. The errant driver has been arrested.
Naresh Pal, who was posted with the Special Branch of Delhi Police, was hit from behind near Seelampur area in east Delhi around 8.15 a.m.
Pal was rushed to Guru Teg Bahadur hospital where doctors pronounced him dead, a police officer said.
He said car driver Shubham was arrested from the spot and booked under section 304 A (causing death by negligence).
The officer added that Pal had joined Delhi Police in 1982 and was residing with his family in Surya Nagar in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad district.
--IANS
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