An elderly woman in east Delhi was seriously injured on Friday after a car that was being driven by a police officer hit her and then ran over her while trying to escape. The incident took place in Chilla Village near Ghazipur area on Friday evening.

A 56-year-old sub-inspector of Delhi Police, who was at the wheel, has been arrested, NDTV reported quoting police sources.

Police officer Yogendra was booked for rash driving and causing hurt to a person and endangering human life.

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The CCTV footage that emerged showed that the car was moving in a narrow lane when it hit the woman. As the woman, knocked down by the vehicle, fell to the ground, passers-by ran to her rescue.

The narrow lane was effectively left even narrower by a scooter that was parked perpendicular to the pavement at the point where the car hit the woman.

As the passers-by were trying to pull her up, the vehicle began moving again, running over her. Without bothering what happened to the victim, the driver sped off.