NEW DELHI: A speeding BMW car, driven by an 18-year-old Delhi University student, mowed down a homeless man near Kirori Mal College in north Delhi, police said on Saturday.

The accused driver has been identified as Abhinav Sahni, a first-year BCom student of Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College.

“The accused is a resident of west Delhi’s Punjabi Bagh and was driving his father’s BMW X1 when the accident happened. His father is a businessman,” said Jatin Narwal, deputy commissioner of police (north).

“The man killed in the accident was Shiv Nath, a homeless person who was in his late 40s. A mobile phone in his possession helped police identify him,” said the DCP.

Nath was crossing the road in front of a Hanuman temple on the Kirori Mal College Road around 1.15pm on Wednesday when he was hit by the car.

“Nath was flung several feet in the air before he landed on the road. He died before he could be brought to a hospital. The car driver did not stop after the accident to check on the victim,” said DCP Narwal.

When police began the probe, they had no eyewitnesses.

“But, a small iron rod that was part of the car’s bonnet had broken due to the impact of the hit. The investigators found the broken piece at the accident spot and found a number marked on it,” said Narwal. Meanwhile, police also found CCTV footage of the stretch that indicated that it was a red BMW X1.

“But the registration number plate was not captured by the camera. So, we contacted the car company and sought their help in identifying the car. They used the number on the broken rod to give us the engine and chassis number of the car,” said the DCP.