Caugh On Cam: Speeding Mercedes SUV Rams Into Fateh Kachori Shop in Delhi’s Civil Lines, 6 Injured

Lawyer Parag Maini, a resident of Noida's Sector 79, has been arrested after he rammed his Mercedes SUV into a kachori shop in Delhi.

New Delhi: A bustling Sunday afternoon turned into a nightmare at ‘Kachori’ shop on Rajpur Road in Delhi’s Civil Lines area after a speeding Mercedes-Benz SUV crashed into the famous roadside eatery. The horrifying incident left six people injured, including some shop workers who were working at the time of the incident. The entire incident was captured by the surveillance cameras in the eatery.   The CCTV footage of the incident shows, people enjoying chaat at Fateh Kachori when the white-coloured Mercedes crashed into the wall of the food joint. Before people could move aside or alert others, the SUV enters the shop, smashing everything in its way, and hits a wall. As people recover from the shock, they can be seen looking for their friends and family. The SUV, too, reverses from the wall. The injured have later been shifted to a nearby Tirth Ram hospital.

A middle-aged man, who came to the joint with his wife can be seen helplessly looking for his partner. Moments later, his wife appears from behind and the duo can be seen with their arms around each other.

#WATCH | 6 people got injured after a speeding car rammed into a Kachori shop on Delhi’s Rajpur Road on March 31.

A case has been registered at PS Civil Lines and the driver of the car, Parag Maini, has been arrested and the offending vehicle has been seized. According to… pic.twitter.com/kg9OYcH1Ip

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Deputy Commissioner of Police (north) M K Meena said the car driver, identified as businessman Parag Maini, a resident of Sector 79 in Noida, was nabbed from the spot. The vehicle involved in the incident was also seized.

According to police, Maini, along with his wife, had come to the shop to have kachori. While parking his car outside the shop, he lost control of the vehicle when he mistakenly pressed the accelerator instead of the brakes.  The shop, which is quite famous in the area, was less crowded at that time otherwise it would have led to a bigger tragedy.

“As per the preliminary medical examination, the driver was not under the influence of alcohol. His blood sample, though, has been preserved for further analysis as an investigation is still on,” DCP Meena said.

He said the injured were admitted to Tirath Ram Shah Hospital in Civil Lines. Two of the injured have received fractures, the 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 the Civil Lines police station, the police said.