Kolkata/IBNS, April 7 -- One person was killed and eight others were critically injured after filmmaker Siddhant Das in a drunk state rammed his car into a market at Thakurpukur in Kolkata on Sunday, media reports said.

Aminur Rahman, who was selling vegetables in the market, suffered multiple injuries.

Rahman, 63, succumbed to his injuries at a private hospital where he was rushed to.

The incident occurred at around 9 am.

The locals dragged Das out of the car, thrashed him till police rescued him from the scene.

A woman who was travelling with Das was arrested. Another woman, who was in the backseat, managed to flee before police could nab her.

The car stopped after hitting a parked scooter.

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