New Delhi, August 10: A 32-year-old woman, the wife of an Indian Meteorological Department official, was killed in an accident in south Delhi, police said today. The mishap took place in Safdarjung of south Delhi at around 11.45 pm.
Dinesh Chand Gupta, the IMD official, along with his wife Nirmala Gupta was going towards his house in Andrews Ganj after shopping on a scooter when a truck bearing Haryana registration hit their scooter from behind, police said. Nirmala died on the spot.
The truck driver tried to escape from the spot but was nabbed by locals who handed him over to police. A case of rash and negligent driving and death caused due to negligence has been registered.
—PTI–