Budaun, February 17: A speeding car hit a 22-year-old man on a morning walk here on Friday and dragged him for about three km under the vehicle, a grim reminder of a similar hit-and-run episode in Delhi last month. The man, Umesh Kumar, succumbed to injuries at a primary health care centre, police said.

Ashok Kumar, Station House Officer, Bilsi Police Station, said the incident happened when Kumar, a native of village Sirasola, was on his way for a morning walk. The SHO said that after being hit, Kumar fell on the car's bonnet and got stuck under the left front wheel. UP Hit-and-Drag Case: Drunk Container Driver Drags Car for 3 Km in Meerut, Passengers Escape By Jumping Out; Video Goes Viral.

He was dragged for almost 3 km before the police and locals chased down the vehicle and extracted him from underneath with great difficulty, police said. Delhi Hit-and-Drag Case: Car Rams Into Scooty, Drags Rider on Roof for 350 Meters; One Dies, Another Injured (Watch Video).

The car driver has been taken into custody and is being interrogated while Kumar's body has been sent for a post mortem, they said. A similar incident happened in Delhi's Kanjhawala this New Year's eve in which a woman was killed after being dragged by a car.

At least six people were charged under section 304 (Culpable homicide not amounting to murder) in the matter which in its wake gave rise to several protests and a heated political debate on crime rise in the national capital.

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