Gurugram, March 28 -- A speeding Thar mowed down a 59-year-old man and his two grandchildren, aged 8 and 10, killing all three on the spot at Khod village in Pataudi late Friday night, police said on Saturday. The driver of the vehicle, which bears a Gurugram registration, was arrested, they said.

The police identified the victims as Subhash Khan, and his grandchildren, Ishant Khan and Jaid Khan, who were from Milakpur Goojar in Alwar of Rajasthan and were visiting their grandparents.

Azad Singh, a villager who reached the spot immediately after the incident and viewed CCTV camera footage of the incident, said that the Thar was being driven at such a high speed that Subhash, upon being hit, was flung in the air for almost 30 feet and la...