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Published – September 15, 2025 01:08 am IST – NEW DELHI
Navjot Singh, Deputy Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance was killed on Sunday. | Photo Credit: PTI
A speeding luxury car rammed a two-wheeler on Sunday near Delhi Cantonment metro station, killing a senior official of the Union Finance Ministry and injuring three others, said the police.
The deceased, identified as Navjot Singh, was a Deputy Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs in the Ministry of Finance. The three injured include Singh’s wife, a woman, who was driving the car at the time of the incident, and her husband. Singh was riding the two-wheeler with his wife riding pillion, the police said. Both Singh and his wife were rushed to a hospital in a taxi.
Wreckage of the car lies on a road after an accident on Sunday. | Photo Credit: PTI
Police were informed at Nulife Hospital in GTB Nagar hospital, nearly 17 kilometres from the accident site, that Singh succumbed to his injuries, while his wife was undergoing treatment.
“The car and the motorcycle involved in the accident have been seized. The accident spot was examined by a crime team and experts from the Forensic Science Laboratory were called in for assistance,” a senior police officer said. An FIR is being registered in the matter and an investigation is underway, he said.
Published – September 15, 2025 01:08 am IST
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Finance Ministry official killed in fatal crash, 3 injured – The Hindu
