Guwahati, Aug. 22 -- A 29-year-old engineer from Assam, who had recently moved to Noida after a promotion, was killed in a hit-and-run accident in Sector 83 on Tuesday evening, police said on Thursday.

The victim, identified as Ankur Bikash Borah, a native of Assam's Lakhimpur, was working as a senior application engineer at Cadence in Noida SEZ, Phase 2. He had shifted from Bengaluru to Noida just six weeks ago and was staying temporarily at a hotel while searching for accommodation.

According to police, Borah was returning to his hotel from office around 7.30 pm on Tuesday when an unidentified speeding vehicle rammed into the bike-taxi he was riding pillion, near the Sector 83 Metro station. The driver, Vijendra Kumar (35) of Greater ...