Hit-and-run case: Rajasthan MLA's son arrested as BMW rams auto killing 3

Jaipur: Siddharth Maharia, son of Sikar MLA Nand Kishore Maharia, was arrested on Saturday by Rajasthan police after his BMW car rammed into an autorickshaw and a police van near St Xavier’s School in Jaipur, killing three people and injuring several others.

The incident took place at around 1.50 am on Friday night when Siddharth along with his cousin Jayant were going to their house in Jalupura in a BMW 520d Sedan. Police said the car was driven by Siddharth Maharia, who was reportedly drunk during the accident.

The speeding car collided with an auto rickshaw, killing three people on the spot and injuring one, before ramming into a PCR van of the Ashok Nagar police station. Both have been detained.

He first hit an autorickshaw and then a PCR van, police said, adding under the impact of the crash, the three-wheeler fell about 200 feet away from the site.

Four police officers were also injured in the accident.