- By Priyanka Koul
- Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:05 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
- Sarthak Mattoo died in Delhi hit-and-run incident.
- Family accuses police of investigation delays, system failure.
- Delhi Police deny medical examination delay for accused.
Sarthak Mattoo Hit-And-Run Case: Days after the tragic death of 34-year-old Sarthak Mattoo, who was killed in a hit-and-run incident in Gurugram, his family has accused the police of delays in the investigation and criticised the system for failing ordinary citizens. However, Delhi Police have denied allegations of delay in the medical examination of the accused, according to NDTV.
"No delay in medical. As soon as they were caught, medical was done," South West Delhi DCP Amit Goel told NDTV. "The intoxication part will now come in the forensic report. "There was no delay in medicine. It was done immediately on apprehension."
Sarthak’s body was later sent for post-mortem examination at Safdarjung Hospital.
What happened?
Sarthak Mattoo was killed on June 25 near the Rajokri flyover in southwest Delhi when a Mahindra Thar allegedly hit his motorcycle and fled the scene. He was travelling from DLF Gurugram to Noida for work around 6:30 am and worked at an event-management company. A passerby who witnessed the accident rushed him to the hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival at the Indian Spinal Injuries Centre.
According to the FIR, the motorcycle fell on the right side of the flyover due to the impact of the collision.
Police said they arrested 30-year-old Apurv Singh on June 28 after tracing and seizing the Thar. The vehicle was registered to a Bengaluru-based private company and leased to 29-year-old Sagar Saha, a Bihar native working with the company and posted in Bengaluru. Saha was in the front passenger seat at the time of the accident. Apurv Singh, originally from Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh and residing in Gurugram, was driving, police said.
The father of the deceased, Surendra Mattoo, 66, said he had bought his son an expensive helmet and made him promise to always wear it for safety.
"I got him a very expensive helmet and made him promise that he would always wear it so he remained safe. He was wearing the helmet, yet it couldn't save him. Now what do I do?" he said.
He further said his son could have survived if the driver had stopped to help.
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"He was travelling from DLF Gurugram to Noida for official work at around 6:30 am. At the Rajokri flyover, a Thar took a sudden turn and hit him. The least the accused could have done was take him to the hospital, but he just ran over him and left him to die," he said.
A passerby later checked Sarthak’s unlocked phone and contacted an office colleague using the call logs, after which the family was informed.
"By the time we got to know, he had died," Surendra Mattoo said. "He could have been saved if the accused had not fled and had immediately taken him to the hospital."
Sarthak was the couple’s only child. His parents, both retired and working as consultants in a private organisation, belong to the Kashmiri Pandit community and moved to Delhi in 1984.