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Avtar Saini, former Intel India country head, was killed after a speeding cab hit him while he was cycling in Navi Mumbai township of Maharashtra, police said. The accident took place around 5.50am on Wednesday when Avtar Saini, 68, was riding a bicycle along with fellow cyclists on Palm Beach Road in Nerul area.

The cab driver, who was caught by the passersby at the accident scene and was handed over to the police and a case of negligence and rash driving has been registered against him.

The police have registered an FIR against the cab driver under various Indian Penal Code sections, including 279 (rash driving), 337 (causing hurt by doing an act rashly or negligently so as to endanger human life) and 304-A (causing death of any person by doing any rash or negligent act not amounting to culpable homicide), and provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act.

The speeding taxi hit Avtar Saini’s bicycle from behind and the driver then tried to escape from the spot, with the bicycle’s frame wedged under the front wheels of the cab.

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