Bemetara (Chhattisgarh), Oct 27 (PTI) A man was killed and seven other persons were injured after a speeding SUV rammed into a mini goods vehicle carrying passengers in Chhattisgarh's Bemetara city, police said on Monday.

Accused SUV driver Mehar Singh Saluja alias Krish (19), son of a local businessman, escaped from the spot after the accident on Sunday night but was later arrested.

Some locals ransacked his house and vandalised the vehicles parked there after the accident.

The incident took place in Singhauri ward under City Kotwali police station limits, Bemetara Senior Superintendent of Police Ramakrishna Sahu said.

As many as 17 persons from Boriya-Bagod village were returning in the goods vehicle after attending a family function in nearby Baijalpur village of Bemetara, when the

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