SUV rams into 'kachori' shop in Delhi's Civil Lines, 6 injured
New Delhi, Apr 2: A speeding SUV rammed into a famous 'kachori' shop in north Delhi's Civil Lines area, injuring six people, police said on Tuesday.
The incident took place on Rajpur Road on Sunday afternoon.
A purported CCTV footage of the incident doing the rounds on social media showed the white SUV hitting some people standing outside the shop and tossing them in the air before ramming into a wall.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) M K Meena said the car driver, identified as businessman and advocate Parag Maini, a resident of Sector 79 in Noida, was nabbed from the spot. His Mercedes-Benz SUV was also impounded.
"According to preliminary medical examination, the driver was not under the influence of alcohol at the time of the accident. His blood sample has been preserved for further analysis as the investigation is underway," he said.
The injured, including some shop workers, were taken to Tirath Ram Shah Hospital in Civil Lines and were discharged after treatment. Two of them sustained fractures, police said.
Maini, along with his wife, had come to the shop to have kachori, another police officer said.
"While parking his car outside the shop, he lost control of the vehicle when he mistakenly pressed the accelerator instead of the brakes," the officer said.
The shop, which is quite famous in the area, was not too crowded at the time of the accident otherwise, it would have led to a bigger tragedy, he said.
Shop owner Nand Kishore said he had a narrow escape as he was going home to have lunch.
"I had just come out of the shop when the SUV rammed into the shop. The driver wanted to park his vehicle but he lost control of the vehicle," he said.
Another eyewitness said the shop adjacent to the 'kachori' shop was also damaged.
Police said a case under sections 279 (rash driving) and 337 (causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others) of the Indian Penal Code has been registered at Civil Lines police station in connection with the matter.
#WATCH | 6 people got injured after a speeding car rammed into a Kachori shop on Delhi's Rajpur Road on March 31.
— ANI (@ANI) April 2, 2024
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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.
Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.
Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.
An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.
The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.
A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.
Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."
"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.
"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.
A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.
