Noida: Police probing the death of a
Chinese national after falling out of a moving car on the Noida-Greater Expressway are scanning CCTV footage to find out if he was indeed run over by another vehicle, as claimed by his co-passengers.
The police complaint by Sandeep Dubey, the CEO of TMB Battery India, which Lishu Zhang was visiting, mentions that the Chinese national fell out of the Brezza on August 30 after the door opened suddenly and was run over by another vehicle coming from behind.
But policemen who have inspected the accident spot said the injuries on Lishu seemed to suggest otherwise. “The injuries look like from the fall. We are scanning CCTV footage to verify this. So far, no other vehicle can be seen,” said Neeraj Malik, the SHO of Sector 39 police station.
A police officer who had visited the accident spot ruled out the possibility of Lishu being run over.
“There was only a head injury. It did not seem he was run over. Or, there would have been more injuries in the limbs,” he added.
Officials at Fortis Hospital, where Lishu died after three days of treatment, said he had suffered a serious head injury and some minor bruises on the hands. “He was in the neurology department, where his condition was serious,” a spokesperson for the hospital said.
Vinamra Manaseth, a lawyer representing Lishu’s family, said they were waiting for the autopsy to be conducted.
“If another vehicle had run over him, there should have been indications at the spot. We are waiting for the autopsy to be conducted. It would be carried out once the family arrives in India. They are currently working on their visas and are expected to reach soon,” he said.
Police said their further course of action would depend on the CCTV footage. The complaint in the case had been lodged by Dubey, who was driving the car. “It does not matter if the complaint has been lodged by the driver himself. If we have strong evidence suggesting otherwise, suitable action would be taken,” Malik said.
SP (city) Vineet Jaiswal said the contents of the FIR were being thoroughly investigated and the course of the investigation would depend on the autopsy report.
Lishu, who had arrived in India on a business trip on August 4, was found oozing blood near the Sector 82 cut on the Noida-Greater Noida carriageway of the expressway around 1.30am on August 30. One of the policemen in a PCR vehicle that spotted him said Lishu had vomited multiple times while being taken to the hospital.
Lishu was in the back seat of the Brezza that was being driven by Dubey. Nobody apparently realised he had fallen out of the car for a long time. Dubey had said that as soon as they realised Lishu was not in the car, they called his number but it went unanswered