Rolls Royce crash: Kuber group head in car, SIT formed

Police in Haryana have formed a special investigation team (SIT) to investigate a high-speed accident on the Delhi-Mumbai expressway on August 22 after new evidence suggested a luxury car, with a prominent industrialist among its passengers, rear-ended a fuel tanker, killing two people and leaving four others injured.

- Leena Dhankhar

Police identified the industrialist as Kuber Group director Vikas Malu, who was among three people in a Rolls Royce that was estimated to be travelling at a speed of 200kmph when it crashed into the tanker at a spot on the expressway within Nuh district limits.

"We have registered the case against the driver of the luxury car but yet to confirm who was behind the wheels since all the occupants are undergoing treatment and have been declared unfit to record the statements," said Narender Bijarniya, superintendent of police, Nuh.

The Kuber Group management did not respond to HT's queries for a comment.

Eyewitnesses said that following the crash, people from other vehicles that were travelling with Malu caught up and pulled out the occupants of the Rolls Royce, which caught fire within moments. The collision was such that the tanker overturned, although the diesel it was carrying did not ignite.

Previously, the crash was believed to have been caused by the driver of the tanker, who was said to have driven the wrong way but CCTV footage later showed both vehicles were headed in the same direction away from Gurugram.