Bhubaneswar, Sept. 24 -- Police have arrested the owner of the Thar SUV involved in the Patrapada hit-and-run incident in the city that claimed the lives of an eight-year-old girl and her mother.

Investigators revealed that the tragic incident stemmed from a reckless street race carried out while recording reels for social media.

The accident occurred on the evening of August 9 near the V2 showroom in Patrapada, when Reshma Roul, her mother Revati, and younger brother Mahi were crossing the road after getting down from a bus. A speeding Thar, racing with a Scorpio SUV along NH-16, mowed them down. Both died due to the road mishap.

Police said the SUVs were being driven at dangerous speeds to shoot videos for social media reels. "The cr...