Fauja Singh: Man arrested over hit-and-run death of world's 'oldest' marathon runner
BEAS VILLAGE NEAR JALANDHAR, PUNJAB, INDIA, JUL 16 – Amritpal Singh Dhillon admitted to fleeing the scene after fatally hitting 114-year-old Fauja Singh on a highway; police recovered the vehicle and arrested him within two days.
- On Monday afternoon, 114-year-old Fauja Singh was struck by a Toyota Fortuner SUV on the Jalandhar-Pathankot highway near Bias village in Jalandhar district.
- Gagandeep Singh reported that Dhillon confessed he was speeding and didn’t have time to avoid Singh, and he panicked and fled the scene.
- Punjab Police investigators analysed broken headlight fragments to link the SUV, and reviewed CCTV footage between 3 pm and 4 pm to pinpoint the vehicle.
- Punjab Police arrested Amritpal Singh Dhillon on Tuesday night, with authorities claiming the case was solved in just 30 hours.
- Across the sporting world and Punjabi community, reactions poured in, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi described him as `extraordinary` in a statement on X.
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