Bhubaneswar: Police today arrested the accused in the recent Rajmahal Square hit-and-run incident in which a daily wager was killed.
The accused who happens to be the owner of the car has been identified as Bikash Pal. He was arrested from Bhubaneswar.
The mishap had occurred while Pal was returning to Bhubaneswar from Athagarh.
Pal, an officer of a private bank in the city, had allegedly run his speeding car over a man sleeping on the footpath during the wee hours on Saturday.
The victim Dinabandhu Baral of Pipili was rushed to the hospital where he succumbed. Pal had abandoned his car on the bed of Daya River and even threw his mobile phone away to evade detection.
