Protesters blocking traffic outside Badarpur police station. (TOI photo: Manash Pratim Gohain)

NEW DELHI: Three women were killed on Tuesday after being hit by the car of a sub-inspector of Delhi Police .The accident happened in Badarpur area of south-east Delhi.Six others have been injured in the accident.Police have arrested the cop. The incident happened around 2.30pm.The cop apparently lost control of the vehicle as he was driving at a high speed, witnesses said.He hit the women from behind and also dragged one of them to some distance, a witness said.The three deceased have been identified as Meera, Shakuntala and Maya.According to reports, people have started blocking traffic in front of Badarpur police station."One was killed on spot, while two others succumbed to their injuries. The bodies have been sent for postmortem. We are not able to contact the family members of one of the deceased as he is a rickshaw puller in Halipur. FIR has been lodged and investigations are on," said a senior police official.In order to take control of the situation, the police took several protesters in preventive detention.Additionally, the media has been barred from entering the police station.