Police arrest 2 officials of Indian HC for injuring citizen in rash driving.

Rawalpindi -- The police rounded up two officials of Indian High Commission on Monday for running over and injuring a citizen critically by driving a car rashly at G-5 Embassy Road.

The accused officials attempted to escape from the scene after injuring the citizen in a hit-and-run incident but huge crowd of people caught them and handed them over to police. The injured citizen was rushed to hospital for medical treatment. The doctors said the condition of victim is serious.

The incident took place in limits of Police Station (PS) Secretariat where a case has also been registered against the accused identified as Selvadgas Paul and DawamuBarhamu.

According to details, a citizen was walking on Embassy Road when a speeding car hit him and attempted to flee from the scene. Resultantly, the citizen sustained critical injuries. The people present on the scene stopped the car and handed the two riders to Secretariat police for legal action against them.

Later, the police investigators revealed that the two accused were officials of the Indian High Commission in Islamabad.

An eyewitness told police that the car was being driven recklessly by the driver which went out...

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