A 27-year-old man tragically died in Delhi after being run over by a JCB machine, leading to the driver's arrest and a police investigation into the fatal accident.
A 27-year-old man was killed after allegedly being run over by a JCB machine in northwest Delhi's Shakurpur area on Saturday morning, police said.
The incident occurred around 10 am near a graveyard in Shakurpur, following which the police team rushed to the spot, they said.
The victim, Md Hussain, a resident of Delhi's Shakurpur, succumbed to his injuries, the police said.
The JBC's driver, Ashish (23), a native of Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh district, was apprehended by locals at the scene and handed over to the police.
Preliminary inquiry revealed that the accused was driving the JCB towards Beriwala Bagh in Shakurpur for park levelling work when the accident occurred, the police stated.
A case has been registered under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and further investigation is underway, they added.