Dehradun-driver booked for speeding, killing cow, calf

DEHRADUN: In a first-of-its kind case, Dehradun police on Tuesday booked an unidentified person for speeding and killing a cow and its calf near Wadia institute on GMS Road.
A case has been registered against the driver, who is yet to be arrested, under section 279 (rash driving) and 429 (mischief by killing or maiming cattle) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Ram Arora, a local resident, said, “Around 11.55pm on Monday, a speeding luxury car hit a stray cow and its calf on GMS Road.Both succumbed to injuries at the spot. We immediately alerted police but the accused fled from the spot.”
“We received information that a luxury car with Haryana number plate hit a cow and its calf near Wadia institute leaving both dead. Based on eye witness account, we located the car at Paonta Sahib in Himachal Pradesh. We are now trying to verify the identity of the driver,” said Hemant Khanduri, in charge of Vasant Vihar police station.
This is a rare incident in which police have registered an accident case involving cattle. A police officer said, “Such incidents keep happening but we don’t register FIRs. We treated it as a case of rash driving as anybody could have been in the place of the animals.”
Police added that the carcass have been sent for post-mortem.