The court today sent Siddharth Maharia, who was arrested under section 304 of the IPC (punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder), to one-day police custody. Siddharth, however, claimed that he was not driving the car and also denied having consumed alcohol. SDA SAI RT KJ NSD SK NSD Siddharth, the son of Independent MLA from Fatehpur, Nandkishore Maharia, was allegedly driving the BMW at a speed of around 100 km/hr in the wee hours yesterday. The car first hit an autorickshaw and then rammed a PCR van nearby, police said.

Source: Times of India July 03, 2016 16:29 UTC