Mumbai: 22-year-old man dies as passers-by stand shooting videos as victim lies on road for 2 hours

Mumbai: 22-year-old man dies as passers-by stand shooting videos as victim lies on road for 2 hours

FPJ Web DeskUpdated: Friday, June 28, 2019, 10:45 AM IST
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In what can be termed as a disgrace to humanity, on Wednesday, a 22-year-old Vasai resident lost his life after passers-by stood shooting videos and photos of him while he was lying on road for two hours instead of taking him to the hospital following a bike accident.

According to the Mid-Day, the pillion drive, who didn't sustain injuries, ran away after the accident. The victim was identified as Laxman Rajprohit (22) and the pillion rider was identified as Sailesh Gupta (23). Rajpurohit was a final year student, while Gupta works with Swiggy; they were both childhood friends. The incident took place when they were riding home when the bike skidded and they fell on the road. While Rajprohit sustained serious injuries, Gupta, who was not badly injured, ran away instead of helping his friend.

After the accident, the crowd gathered at the accident spot, but instead of helping they got busy in filming Rajpurohit lying bleeding on the ground. Rajpurohit was lying on the road for over an-hour-and-a-half when it started to rain and the splash of water on his face jolted him into consciousness. The crowd still didn't help him. Instead, he was filmed begging people to help him or call his family. Finally, an elderly man came forward, picked him up and brought him to the hospital. But it was too late, Rajpurohit was declared dead before admission.

Rup Singh Rajpurohit, a relative of the deceased, told the leading daily that Rajpurohit would have been alive today if he had been rushed to the hospital on time by people who were too busy recording videos. Another relative has called it a murder and has accused Gupta because he escaped from the spot and did not even bother to inform Rajpurohit's family. Gupta's brother-in-law, Magraj Asari, told Mid-Day, "The family's allegations are baseless and false. We have a WhatsApp chat between Rajpurohit and Gupta where he had asked Gupta for help as he was drunk." In the meanwhile, the cops have registered a case under section 304(A), 279 and 338 against an unknown person and are investigating the matter.

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