Delhi ragpicker death allegations have led Ghaziabad Police to detain four men after a waste picker was reportedly hit by a car in Sonia Vihar and his body was allegedly taken on a scooter before being abandoned in a vacant plot in Ghaziabad.
According to a report by Live Hindustan, the incident began in Delhi, where the four men allegedly struck the waste picker with a car. The impact resulted in his death, the report said. The identity of the deceased and the exact circumstances leading to the collision were not provided in the available report.
The report said the men left the car at the location after the collision and placed the body between two people on a scooter. They allegedly travelled to Ghaziabad and left the body at an empty plot. Two other associates reportedly followed them in a Scorpio vehicle during the journey.
Police used CCTV footage to identify the people allegedly involved, according to the report. The vehicles connected with the incident have been seized and an FIR has been registered, it said. The four men have been detained by Ghaziabad Police in connection with the case.
The reported movement of the body across the Delhi-Ghaziabad border has brought two jurisdictions into the same investigation. Sonia Vihar is in Delhi, while the body was allegedly abandoned in Ghaziabad. The available account does not specify which police unit is leading the investigation or whether the detained men have been formally arrested and produced before a court.
The case also involves a worker from the informal waste economy, whose daily movement through neighbourhoods is part of how urban waste is collected and sorted outside formal municipal systems. The report, however, does not provide details about the deceased’s family, residence, employer or work arrangements. It also does not state whether the alleged collision was deliberate or accidental, leaving that question to the police investigation.
The use of CCTV footage and the seizure of the vehicles are the confirmed investigative steps described in the report. No statement from the accused or additional account of the police version was included in the supplied material. The report also does not disclose the applicable sections of the FIR, the location of the vacant plot or the next scheduled legal proceedings.
The investigation will establish the sequence of events, the cause of death and the individual roles of those detained. Further official updates are expected from the police as the case proceeds.
