PRAYAGRAJ, Oct. 23 -- Police have arrested the man accused of running over several people and killing one of them with his luxury car here on Sunday evening, police said. He was booked for culpable homicide and jailed on Wednesday, they added.

The accused, Rachit Madhyan, is the son of a prominent businessman. Around 4:30 pm on the day of the incident, he sped through a crowd of Diwali shoppers at the Rajrooppur market in his Jaguar. It came to a halt after hitting a road divider and knocking down several four-wheelers and two-wheelers parked on the roadside.

Pradeep Patel, an electrician, was killed in the incident. Six others were injured. After the accident, locals vandalised the car and blocked the road to protest.

Madhyan was take...