A Mercedes-Benz CLA200 struck a 28-year-old delivery worker on a dimly lit stretch near Sector 15 in Haryana’s Faridabad in the early hours of March 29. What followed till Anand Raj Bind died, according to his family, was a collision with a system that faltered at every step when time mattered most.
Bind had been out completing a late-night food delivery on his Hero motorcycle when the car, allegedly speeding, hit him around 2am. He was critically injured. A bystander rushed him to a private hospital nearby. By the time his family caught up, they say, the clock had already begun to work against him.
Anand Raj Bind was critically injured and doctors suspected internal bleeding.
Doctors at Metro Hospital suspected internal bleeding and advised an immediate CT scan. Bind was then referred to the trauma centre at AIIMS, around 12 km away. The transfer, for his family, came at a cost.
“We were charged Rs 8,000 for the ambulance before they would even move him,” said Himanshu Sindwani, a colleague of Bind’s brother Harsh, who has been assisting the family. “When we reached AIIMS, they denied admission. No reason was given.”
The Mercedes Benz CLA200 which hit Bind.
With no clarity and a deteriorating patient, the family turned to the nearby Safdarjung Hospital, arriving around 4am. They were told that a CT scan would only be possible at 9 am.
The desperate family reached out to Bind’s employer, Zomato, seeking immediate on-ground support. According to the family, they were advised to move him to Max Super Speciality Hospital another 10 km away, where his insurance could be processed cashless under a corporate tie-up.
The condition of Bind's bike (Hero Glamour) after the accident.
“The Zomato team told us everything had been arranged,” Sindwani said. “But when we arrived, there were no arrangements. I had to argue with hospital staff to even get him admitted.”
Bind was finally admitted around 9 am. He succumbed to his injuries around 4 pm the next day, Monday, March 30.
The car was previously challaned in a drink driving case.
Two Zomato team leaders visited on Monday morning.Sindhwani said, “The officials told me that they will be nearby and are one call away. But when we called them, it took them two hours to arrive.”
An FIR for the death has been registered at the Faridabad Central police station under sections pertaining to rash driving, endangering life, and mischief under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
RC details of the car show that it is registered to SRK Steel Fab Pvt Ltd.
Police said the vehicle involved belongs to a private company. “The owner told us his driver was behind the wheel and fled the scene,” said assistant sub-inspector Shankar Singh. “He was not in town at the time. We will trace the driver soon.”
The driver’s identity had not been established at the time of publication. Both the car and Bind’s motorcycle have been impounded.
A photo of the FIR.
Registration records show the vehicle is owned by a steel fabrication company and had been given a challan (ticket) for drink-driving in May 2025.
Bind’s family said that the company’s owner contacted them after the incident, claiming to be out of town and offering to cover some medical expenses, but later distanced himself.
Bind had moved to Faridabad from rural Uttar Pradesh, hoping to build a life alongside his elder brother, who works at an IT firm. Delivering food orders late into the night was, for him, a way to stay afloat in a city that runs on invisible labour.