Panchkula, June 26 -- A broken piece of a Thar logo recovered from the accident site helped Raipur Rani police crack a fatal hit-and-run case that claimed the lives of two young motorcyclists near Mandlai village.

The victims, Mandeep, 24, of Khera Gani village in Ambala, and Rinku, 22, of Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh, had died after a speeding Mahindra Thar allegedly rammed into their motorcycle on Tuesday night. According to an eyewitness, identified as Malkit Singh, a government contractor from Raipur Rani, the SUV driver sped away soon after the incident.

According to police, a fragment of the Thar's emblem was later found at the crash site. Police subsequently scanned closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras installed in the vicinit...