The incident took place at around 9.10 am when the child was playing outside his residence in Jai Vihar Phase-I area in Najafgarh. To keep a tab on Chinmay’s activity, his father was standing barely 100 metre away from him.
According to the police, while Chinmay was playing, a speeding Tata 407 came and hit him. After he fell on the road, the driver mowed him down and tried to flee. Immediately, the locals nabbed him whereas, Chinmay was rushed to the nearby hospital where he was declared dead.
The angry mob thrashed the driver, who was later identified as Dabbu Shah, a resident of Bihar. They also damaged the vehicle. In the meantime, at around 9.20 am a call was made to the Police Control Room and two teams were sent — one at the spot and the other to the hospital. The team that reached the spot found that the mob was beating Shah and he was in a pool of blood.
After controlling the law and order situation in the area with the help of the local police, Shah was rescued from the mob and was rushed to the hospital. He received multiple injuries and is being treated in the hospital. Once he is discharged from the hospital, he will be arrested.
Meanwhile, a case under the relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code has been registered at Najafgarh police station and the Tata 407 has been impounded.