22-Year-Old Held for Killing 4 in Late Night Dehradun Crash

The Dehradun Police on Thursday arrested a 22-year-old man from Uttar Pradesh for allegedly mowing down four laborers with a speeding luxury SUV in the state capital's Rajpur area the previous day after a 24-hour hunt that led them to three states as the driver parked the car at an empty lot after fleeing the scene.

- HT Correspondent

DEHRADUN:

The police traced the Mercedes GLS400 across three states and multiple owners before eventually zeroing in on 22-year-old Vansh Katyal, who was taken into custody from near the ISBT area in Dehradun.

The car, which bore a Chandigarh registration, had sped away after mowing down four laborers and two people on a scooter near the Sai Mandir around 8.20 pm, said Ajai Singh, senior superintendent of police, Dehradun. The four laborers died on the spot while the two scooter riders were injured.