A senior finance ministry official was killed in a BMW-motorcycle collision near Dhaula Kuan on Sunday. The Delhi Police have taken the accused couple into custody following their discharge from hospital. The police have registered a case of culpable homicide against the accused.

Navjot Singh (52), who served as the Deputy Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs, died on the Ring Road near Delhi Cantonment Metro Station. His wife has sustained serious injuries in the accident. The couple, who resided in Hari Nagar, was returning home after visiting the Bangla Sahib Gurdwara when their motorcycle was hit from behind by a blue BMW, driven allegedly at high speed.