Gurugram, Aug 22 (PTI) Two people were killed after their motorcycle was hit by an SUV on the Delhi-Jaipur Expressway here, police said on Tuesday.

Harsh Khattar (22), a native of Una village in Gujarat's Girsomnath district, and Suman (24), a resident of Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh were thrown off the two-wheeler due to the impact and died on the spot, police said.

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Suman used to work at a private travel agency and lived with her family in Sukhrali village while Harsh lived in a PG accommodation in sector 39 and had recently got a job at a textile company in Gurugram, said police.

"I came to know that Harsh went for a ride on his bike along with Suman at 9.30 pm on Monday night. When they reached a U-turn bridge on the Delhi-Jaipur Expressway at around 11.20 pm, a speeding Creta hit the bike," Yash Khattar, the brother of the deceased, said in his complaint.

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According to police, an FIR was registered against the unidentified car driver under sections 279 (rash driving), 304-A (death due to negligence), 427 (causing damage) of the Indian Penal Code on Tuesday.

"We have the registration number of the erring vehicle and the driver will be arrested soon," a police officer said.

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