This incident happened near Harris Bridge at around 1.45 am when both.

An unknown speeding vehicle suddenly hit his motorcycle hard and soon thereafter disappeared from the spot in the dark.

Later, some local villagers came to the accident site and alerted the police, who sent a team there.

While 42-year-old constable Samadhan Koli, who was violently thrown on the highway, died instantly, his junior colleague Sanjog Shinde, 36, was immediately admitted to Ruby Hall Clinic in Pune city.

Pune Police and other teams have launched an operation to nab the missing criminal, scanning CCTVs on the highway and other places along the way.

Senior police officials have visited the hospital to inquire about Shinde's condition and obtain details of the accident in which a member of the police force died.