The entire incident was captured on CCTV cameras.

A 19-year-old student from Delhi University has been arrested after he mowed down a 50-year-old man with his speeding BMW auto.

A video of the incident rocketed the Internet.

Abhinav Sahni, a student of Khalsa College, was behind the wheels. It shows the BMW flinging the pedestrian several feet in the air. He was accompanied by his friends. The victim, seeing the auto, makes a dash to cross the road but is hit by the vehicle. He flung several feet in the air after the vehicle hit him.

Some passersby later informed police and Shiv Nath was rushed to a hospital where he was declared dead, he added.

Sahni fled the spot in his vehicle.

"Sahni was arrested on Thursday after he was identified based on the CCTV footage". As he was inquiring about the accident, vagabonds at the spot started abusing and threatening him, following which he panicked and fled.

The CCTV footage indicates, Shivendra can be seen crossing the road as speeding red BMW auto approaches him, he tries a sprint but fails and lands on the bonnet of the vehicle.

In the footage, the auto can be seen stopping for a few moment before leaving the accident site.