Truck driver, who mowed down pavement dwellers in Delhi's Shastri Park, arrested

NEW DELHI: 31-year-old truck driver has been arrested for allegedly running over four men sleeping on a pavement in the Shastri Park area of northeast Delhi, officials said on Friday.
Arjun from Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh, had been on the run since the incident but was eventually apprehended, an official confirmed.
The incident took place around 4.30am near the Tarbuz market, close to the Shastri Park metro station.The medium goods vehicle, driven by Arjun, was heading toward the Iron Bridge from Seelampur when it veered off course, climbed onto the central verge, and ran over five men sleeping on the footpath, resulting in the deaths of four.
A Delhi Police team was dispatched to Arjun's hometown in Fatehpuron Tuesday to track down his location. The officer mentioned that additional teams are conducting raids at other suspected hideouts.
During the investigation, police questioned the truck's owner, Rahul Singh, who revealed that Arjun had been working as a driver for him for the past five years. The investigation also uncovered that the truck had five pending challans, with the most recent issued in December 2022.
(With agency inputs)