Mohali, Aug. 4 -- A 53-year-old man was killed after a car allegedly hit him while he was crossing the road near a petrol pump in Gharuan on Saturday evening. Kharar police have registered a case against the driver.

The deceased was identified as Bahadur Singh, a resident of Marouli Kalan village in Morinda. The accused, Parv Gupta, 30, is a resident of Ludhiana.

According to the complaint lodged by Jasminder Singh, the victim's brother-in-law and a resident of Mamupur village, the incident took place around 7.40 pm near a petrol pump in Gupta Colony, Gharuan. Jasminder told police that he had taken Bahadur Singh on his motorcycle to deliver food to a relative living near the petrol pump.

After getting off the motorcycle, Bahadur Singh...