India, March 26 -- A day after a 45-year-old woman died as she was mowed down by a Delhi Police sub inspector's SUV at a road construction site in west Delhi's Punjabi Bagh area, her family alleged that the policeman tried to escape multiple times and was forced to take the victim to the hospital.

The Delhi Police on Tuesday said the accused, SI Lucky, has been arrested and booked for rash driving and causing death by negligence.The charges are bailable.

The accident took place around 1.30 am near North Avenue Road. The deceased, Dharamwati, was sweeping the floor at the site on central verge when the SI hit the woman with his Maruti Brezza.

DCP (west) Darade Sharad Bhaskar had said the woman sustained serious injuries and was taken to...