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Video: Speeding water tanker rams into group of people in busy Delhi market, 5 injured

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Five people were injured as a speeding water tanker rammed into them in a busy market in southeast Delhi, according to the local police.</p>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WATCH?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WATCH</a> | Five people got injured after they were hit by a Delhi Jal Board tanker in the Khan Sabji Mandi area in Badarpur on June 14<br />
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A case u/s 279/337 IPC has been registered. The owner of the tanker has been detained and further investigation is underway: Delhi Police <a href="https://t.co/qwR977XSDE">pic.twitter.com/qwR977XSDE</a></p>
— ANI (@ANI) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1537107340201455617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 15, 2022</a></blockquote>
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CCTV footage of the incident shows the tanker entering the Badarpur market and hitting a group of people and some vegetable carts before coming to a stop. Some people are also seen jumping aside in the nick of time to save themselves as the tanker hurtles towards them.</p>
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According to police, the incident took place on Tuesday evening.</p>
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The owner of the tanker has been detained. However, the driver is on the run and the police have launched a man-hunt for him.</p>

IN Bureau

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