Girl crushed by e-rickshaw in Uttam Nagar, driver held

A five-year-old girl, who was playing outside her grandmother's house In West Delhi's Uttam Nagar, was allegedly killed after a recklessly driven e-rickshaw overturned and fell on her on Sunday afternoon, police said. The accused driver has been arrested.

- Hemani Bhandari

‘The victim was identified as Deepanshi Kumari, resident of a slum cluster in the area, and the accused as Murari Jha, a 39-year-old resident of Ranhola.

‘The officer said that their control room received a call at 4:30 pm regarding an accident in which a minor girl sustained injuries. On reaching the spot, the police were informed that the girl had been taken to Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital. At the hospital, the victim's mother, Babita, 32, told police what happened.

“She said that her daughter Deepanshi had gone to her maternal grandmother's house close to theirs and was playing right outside — in a congested lane — when the incident happened,” the officer said.