Delhi: The callousness of Delhi's citizens and its police is in clear evidence in the CCTV footage that captured the scene of a man being hit by a three-wheeler goods carrier and left bleeding on the road in Subhash Nagar in West Delhi. From 5:40am on Wednesday - when the man was hit by the tempo - till 6:09am, when the victim's friend reached the spot, 140 cars, including a PCR van, 82 three wheelers, 181 bikers and 45 passers-by went past the dying man without even one of them offering help.
Five minutes into the accident, which was exclusively reported by TOI on Thursday, the footage shows a PCR Innova on the stretch. It is evident that the profusely bleeding man is still alive at the time. Had the police stopped then, his life might have been saved. But the police vehicle drives on without a look at the man.
The police later said that they were rushing to another place on a call and ignored the man as being an inebriated homeless man. Police source also maintained that the PCR vehicle was moving at a fair speed and might have missed seeing the injured man, more so because the blood was not visible to the cops.
Delhi's apathy is on show in the footage from the time it shows the man being hit by the tempo and being thrown a few metres into the air. As he crashes into a garbage dump by the road and lays prone, the driver of the three-wheeler comes out and walks towards him. He, however, makes an about-turn on seeing the victim badly injured, taking care instead to stop and scrutinise his vehicle for dents.
Other cars and passers-by ignore the dying victim. A rickshaw puller finally makes a halt, but walks towards the phone lying on the road. He pockets it and moves on, ignoring the phone owner who lies dying a few feet away.
It was finally after 29 minutes that a friend spotted the man and rushed to get help. Another PCR van finally arrived at 6.52am to take the victim to hospital, by which time he had died of blood loss.
A senior police officer blandly summed up, "It is a case of hit and run that nobody informed the police about. The victim was flung 10 metres by the impact and landed in a pile of garbage. A rickshaw puller is seen taking his phone. The man was declared brought dead at the hospital."
Another officer added, "A Champion tempo with some markings is involved in the accident and teams are searching for it. There are no witnesses. We are also looking for the man who stole the phone. We hope to arrest the driver and the rickshaw puller."
Five minutes into the accident, which was exclusively reported by TOI on Thursday, the footage shows a PCR Innova on the stretch. It is evident that the profusely bleeding man is still alive at the time. Had the police stopped then, his life might have been saved. But the police vehicle drives on without a look at the man.
The police later said that they were rushing to another place on a call and ignored the man as being an inebriated homeless man. Police source also maintained that the PCR vehicle was moving at a fair speed and might have missed seeing the injured man, more so because the blood was not visible to the cops.
Delhi's apathy is on show in the footage from the time it shows the man being hit by the tempo and being thrown a few metres into the air. As he crashes into a garbage dump by the road and lays prone, the driver of the three-wheeler comes out and walks towards him. He, however, makes an about-turn on seeing the victim badly injured, taking care instead to stop and scrutinise his vehicle for dents.
Other cars and passers-by ignore the dying victim. A rickshaw puller finally makes a halt, but walks towards the phone lying on the road. He pockets it and moves on, ignoring the phone owner who lies dying a few feet away.
It was finally after 29 minutes that a friend spotted the man and rushed to get help. Another PCR van finally arrived at 6.52am to take the victim to hospital, by which time he had died of blood loss.
A senior police officer blandly summed up, "It is a case of hit and run that nobody informed the police about. The victim was flung 10 metres by the impact and landed in a pile of garbage. A rickshaw puller is seen taking his phone. The man was declared brought dead at the hospital."
Another officer added, "A Champion tempo with some markings is involved in the accident and teams are searching for it. There are no witnesses. We are also looking for the man who stole the phone. We hope to arrest the driver and the rickshaw puller."