Delhi man collapses on road, passerby tries to steal phone instead of helping; victim dies

NEW DELHI: A antheral collapsed unconscious connected a roadworthy successful Outer Delhi’s Ranhola country connected Saturday morning, but alternatively of receiving contiguous help, a passerby allegedly attempted to bargain his belongings earlier fleeing.

The antheral aboriginal died, and constabulary are present searching for the suspects.According to constabulary sources, the incidental occurred successful Vikas Nagar astatine astir 4 am. “It appeared from the footage that helium whitethorn person suffered a bosom onslaught oregon a seizure. However, we are waiting for the post-mortem study to ascertain the nonstop origin of death. The unfortunate is yet to beryllium identified,” said a elder constabulary officer.CCTV footage showed that portion the antheral laic unconscious, 2 men connected a scooter approached the scene.

The antheral sitting astatine the backmost initially picked up the victim’s mobile phone, seemingly assuming helium was intoxicated. He past returned and began searching the man’s pockets.Police said the fishy appeared to find nothing. Just arsenic helium was astir to leave, helium noticed a adjacent CCTV camera and fled the country with the rider.The unfortunate remained connected the roadworthy for respective hours. It was lone astir 8 am, erstwhile section residents began gathering, that the constabulary were informed.

Cops recovered the assemblage and sent it for a post-mortem examination. Investigations are ongoing.A elder serviceman confirmed that a lawsuit of theft has been registered. “We are thoroughly examining CCTV footage and different leads to place and apprehend the suspects involved,” the serviceman added.Tragically, this is not the archetypal clip specified an incidental has occurred successful Delhi. Last year, connected January 11, a antheral named Vikas, an worker of a backstage company, mislaid power of his motorbike adjacent Ghitorni and collapsed connected the road.

CCTV footage showed 3 men attempting to bargain his motorcycle alternatively of helping him. The trio aboriginal met with an accident, portion Vikas, near unattended successful the cold, succumbed to his injuries.Similar incidents person been reported successful the past. In 2017, a 35-year-old man, Naresh Kumar, laic bleeding for astir 12 hours connected a roadside adjacent ISBT Kashmere Gate aft being deed by a vehicle. He recalled that a idiosyncratic offered him h2o but stole his wallet and a container containing implicit Rs 15,000 earlier leaving.