Almost two weeks after a 60-year-old private tutor fell victim to rash driving inside a housing complex, a Kolkata Police team visited the place to collect CCTV footage and question the guards about the direction of the vehicle that hit the man.

Residents of Upohar Luxury Complex, off EM Bypass, had submitted a petition to the local Panchasayar police station on July 14 expressing concern about speed driving inside the complex and the alleged slow pace of the investigation.

“Today, two police vehicles came carrying officers. They collected CCTV footage, spoke to the guards and noted down details of the incident. One of them drew a sketch of the place of occurrence and asked about the direction of the car that hit the teacher,” said a resident of Upohar.

“We had almost lost hope because there had not been much action by the police since the July 6 accident. So many elderly residents walk in the complex in the morning and the evening. Children play on the roads. Such an incident should not recur. The police should be strict in dealing with such offences,” the resident said.

The police said the officers that went to the housing complex were accompanied by a forensic team. "The car that hit the private tutor was seized earlier," an officer said.

Police sources said the footage shows the private tutor, Sudipta Sengupta, walking along the left side of a road inside the complex when a two-wheeler approaches him from the opposite direction and passes by.

A few seconds later, a four-wheeler is seen coming from the opposite direction. It hits Sengupta from the front.

After the crash, the man at the wheel parks the car along the left side of the road, the footage shows. At least two men are seen coming out of the car and rushing towards the spot where the elderly man is lying.

Sengupta suffered head and leg injuries and died in a private hospital the next day.

A case has been started against Shankha Subhra Bhattacharjee, 25, who was allegedly at the wheel. Bhattacharjee is the son of one of the flat owners.

After the crash, Bhattacharjee got himself admitted to the hospital with a complaint of “blackout”. He was discharged on July 9.

"Bhattacharjee surrendered in court after his release from the hospital and was granted bail," said an officer.