In an increasing trend of hit-and-run cases, a Rajkot woman was killed after being dragged by a speeding car in Kankot village on July 11.

As per the FIR lodged by Rajkot Taluka Police, 64-year-old woman Vijiya Bathwar and her son Dinesh were returning home after picking up rags around 11.30 pm on July 11.

A speeding white car (GJ 03 NK 2095) hit the woman and dragged her at least 1.5-2 km.

The woman is survived by two sons Jagdish, who filed the FIR, and Dinesh, who is intellectually disabled.

Jagdish mentioned in the FIR that his younger brother Dinesh followed the white car on foot but the car driver fled.

The Bathwar brothers had lost their father eight years ago and his mother used to work as a rag-picker.

The Rajkot Taluka Police have registered a case under Section 281 (rash driving) and Section 106 (death by negligence) of Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS).

Police have indicated that, if necessary, they might also apply the charge of culpable homicide in this case.

A man named Satish Singhal from Dhoraji is revealed to be the car owner. When contacted by phone, he stated that he had given the car to his brother-in-law, Jayesh Kishor Davera.

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