A 63-year-old man was fatally injured and later died after being hit by a rickshaw in Pune’s Balewadi area. The rickshaw driver, who was coming from the wrong side, fled the scene after abandoning the injured victim in an isolated area instead of taking him to a hospital.
The victim, Gopal Govind Wagh, had left his home around 3 pm on Sunday on his Activa two-wheeler. However, when he did not return home until 7 pm, his son, Amitkumar Gopal Wagh, began searching for him. After receiving no updates from relatives or locals, Amitkumar lodged a missing person complaint at the Police Station.
Police reviewed CCTV footage from Balewadi Phata, where Wagh was last seen. Around 4:45 pmon on Sunday, Wagh was crossing the road at Balewadi Phata when a rickshaw coming from the wrong direction hit him forcefully. He suffered serious injuries from the impact.
With the help of bystanders, the injured Wagh was placed into the same rickshaw for transport. However, instead of taking him to a hospital, the unidentified rickshaw driver abandoned him unconscious near the Range Hills railway tracks, in a patch of grass.
Wagh’s body was discovered on Monday, and he was found to have sustained fatal head injuries. A case has been registered at the police station, and Pune Police are currently on the lookout for the absconding rickshaw driver.
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