RJ arrested for killing man in hit-and-run case in Lutyens' Delhi

Delhi police arrested a Radio Jockey (RJ) for allegedly ramming a 37-year-old man with his SUV on Monday at Lutyens' road in New Delhi. The accused has accepted his crime and confessed that he was heavily drunk and was watching a video on his mobile.

New Delhi: A 35-year-old radio jockey was arrested on Saturday in connection with an alleged hit-and-run case in which a man had died last week.

The police officials said that the accused Ankit Gulati, a resident of East Patel Nagar, was arrested from his residence.

Gulati, who works at a private radio station, had allegedly rammed his SUV into a scooter near Le Meridian Hotel on Raisina Road in Lutyens' Delhi on June 30, killing 37-year-old Dhiraj.

"During the investigation, police identified the car after scanning CCTV footage. Later, they got details of the owner of the vehicle and arrested Gulati," said Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi) Madhur Verma.

During interrogation, Gulati said that on June 29, he met his friends at Rajender Nagar and went to a club in Nehru Place around 12:30 am where they consumed alcohol, Verma said.

Thereafter, they reached another club in Chanakyapuri around 2:30 am and consumed more alcohol, the police said.

He left the club at 5:15 am and was going towards Connaught Place when the accident took place, the DCP said.

Gulati confessed that he was watching videos on the phone while driving and could not see the victim on his scooter, they said.

After the accident, he fled from the spot and reached his home. He sent his car for repairs at a workshop on July 1, the police said, adding that the vehicle has been recovered from the workshop.