Click to play videoNew Delhi: Twenty-four-year-old Ravi Girdhar met with a fatal accident on Monday. The call centre employee died on the spot after his motorcycle hit the road divider on the Delhi-Noida border, in the Capital's Mayur Vihar area.
Even though the accident took place at around 4:40 am on Monday, Ravi's body lay unattended for over two hours as the police from Delhi and Uttar Pradesh quarreled over who should handle the case — and so, for over two hours, no one took Ravi's body to the hospital.
It was only when Ravi's relatives were informed and they arrived at the spot at 7 am, his body was transferred to the hospital, and then too in a goods carrier.
The police of both the states though, conveniently deny any charges of shirking responsibility.
DCP East District Delhi, Ajay Chaudhary says, "We got a call and we acted swiftly. There was no delay in our reaction and there was definitely no fight with the Noida Police as to whose jurisdiction it was."
Experts, however, say such incidents shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone.
Former DGP of Uttar Pradesh, Prakash Singh says, "Any police post would like to have one less case in its records. No one wants to take responsibility and spoil their track record."
Whatever be the case, Ravi's tragic death has once again highlighted the dangers of high speed on Delhi's roads.
(With inputs from Parikshit Luthra in New Delhi)
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