India, Feb. 9 -- The Powai police have launched a search operation for the driver of an unidentified pick-up vehicle allegedly involved in a hit-and-run accident on Saturday, causing the death of a 40-year-old security guard.

According to the police, the victim, Ajay Singh, had stepped out of his house in Powai when he was struck by a speeding pick-up vehicle around 12.30 pm near Lake Homes, in front of the IRB Company office on Chandivali Farm Road.

In her complaint, Singh's wife, Meena, 38, a domestic worker, told the police that she received a call from a neighbour, Sultana Navache, who informed her that Singh had been taken to Hiranandani Hospital, Powai. On reaching the hospital, Meena found her elder son, Ganesh, already present....