India, Jan. 8 -- A 43-year-old cab driver and a passenger were killed and another man seriously injured after the Hyundai Xcent taxi they were travelling in was hit by Citroen car at a traffic intersection on August Kranti Marg near Siri Fort Auditorium in south Delhi early Wednesday, police said.

A 21-year-old MBA student, who was driving the Citroen car, was arrested and booked for rash and negligent driving causing death and injuries, the police said, adding that he was speeding and driving in a rash manner, leading to the fatal crash.

The dead men were identified as 43-year-old cab driver Girja Kumar Bhardwaj, a resident of Khichripur in east Delhi, and 30-year-old Ranjeet (single name), who lived with his family in Nehru Nagar near...