Residents of Upohar Luxury Complex, where an elderly private tutor had died after being hit by a resident’s car earlier this month, have petitioned police alleging violation of the speed restriction inside the complex and tardy investigation of the death.

Several residents’ welfare associations (RWAs) across the city said speeding inside the gated communities has become a cause of concern, especially for the elderly and children.

Housing societies Metro spoke to talked about how they are trying to tackle speeding and parking problems. Some are imposing fines on violators, while others are trying to restrict the movement of delivery vehicles.

Upohar, in Panchasayar, off EM Bypass, is imposing a fine of ₹5,000 for speeding and violation of parking rules.

“After this incident (the tutor’s death), we took a few decisions, one of which was imposing a fine of ₹5,000 on traffic rule violators inside the campus,” said Subir Basak, the president of the Upohar RWA.

“One flat owner was found to have entered the basement parking zone the wrong way. He was served a notice with CCTV footage showing the violation. He has paid the fine.”

The speed limit in the housing complex is 15kmph.

South City, too, has a speed limit, which is displayed on boards along the driveways.

“The limit is 20kmph. The signage is all over the complex,” said Manoj Gupta, a resident of South City.

He said the management had earlier restricted the movement of delivery personnel. Their vehicles were allowed till a certain point, beyond which they had to walk.

“However, some residents complained that this was delaying the deliveries. So the rule has been withdrawn for the time being,” Gupta said.

An elderly resident of a housing complex on the southern fringes of the city said morning and evening walks were becoming risky because of speeding and driving lessons on the campus.

A resident of Urbana said a gardener had been hit last year allegedly by a car belonging to a family that had rented an apartment.

“It was a clear case of rash driving. The gardener was injured. The tenant assured him of compensation but did not pay anything. The matter died down. Nothing happened to the person who was at the wheel,” said the Urbana resident, who requested not to be named.

Such incidents are not uncommon inside gated communities and many go unreported.

Some residents of Upohar said the fact that the car that fatally hit Sudipta Sengupta, the private tutor, was being driven by the son of a flat owner should not come in the way of the police investigation.

“We have told the police that the accused had earlier been warned by security personnel for rash driving inside the complex. His father, too, had been informed about his tendency to drive rashly,” said a resident of Upohar who was part of the team that met the police on Sunday.

It was only after the residents complained of delay or inaction by the police that officers recorded the statements of two of the eyewitnesses to the July 6 accident. One of them was the person who took Sengupta, who had gone to Upohar to give tuition, to hospital after the crash.

Senior officers of Kolkata Police’s East division said a case under various sections, including one on causing death due to negligence not amounting to culpable homicide, has been started. “The investigation is in progress,” said a senior police officer.