Delhi: Finance ministry official killed, wife critically injured after speeding BMW hits their bike
PTC News Desk: In a shocking incident, a senior Finance Ministry officials was killed and his wife critically injured after a speeding BMW hit their bike in Delhi's Dhaula Kuan area on Sunday.
The deceased has been identified as Navjot Singh, who was serving as Deputy Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs under the Ministry of Finance.
The incident unfolded when the couple was returning from Bangla Sahib Gurdwara. Navjot Singh was rushed to Newlife Hospital in GTB Nagar where doctors declared him brought dead. His wife is undergoing treatment and her condition is reported to be very serious.
Police said that they had received multiple calls of traffic jam in the area and upon reaching the spot they found a BMW turned sideways while the bike lying near the divider.
Eyewitnesses told police that a woman was driving the car, accompanied by her husband. The couple later booked a taxi and shifted the injured to a hospital.
Meanwhile, the victim's family questioned that why theinjured were taken to a hospital in GTB Nagar, which was around 17 km away. The couple's son, Navnoor Singh, alleged that his parents were deliberately taken to a hospital linked to the accused.
"I had just come from a friend's house when I got a message from my mother that she was going to Gurdwara Bangla Sahib, but she did not pick up my call. Later, I got a call from a family friend who told me about the accident and that my parents were admitted to New Life Hospital. The accident happened around 1 or 1.30 pm. A girl driving a BMW hit my parents' motorcycle," he said.
He added that his father could have been saved if he had been rushed to a nearby superspeciality hospital or AIIMS instead of a facility without advanced trauma care.
“There was definitely something wrong. My parents were taken in a delivery van. When my mother gained consciousness, she was in the passenger seat and looked back to see my father lying down. People there said that death instantly after an accident is very rare. But they took them to a hospital 20 km away, which belonged to the girl driving the BMW. Her husband was also admitted to the same hospital," Navnoor alleged.
- PTC NEWS
