Gurgaon: A 52-year-old cyclist who suffered critical head injuries in a hit and run was found by his family lying bleeding by the roadside nearly two hours later, by when they had searched multiple hospitals to find out where he had been taken.Radheshyam Gupta, a master cutter at an export house, was hit around 5.30pm on Monday in Udyog Vihar Phase 1 — barely two minutes from his workplace — while cycling home. He died early on Tuesday morning.The family alleged they came to know about the accident when Gupta’s wife called him as the family was preparing to leave for Ayodhya for a religious gathering. Instead, another man answered the call. “He said he had found the phone on the road and that my brother had met with an accident,” said Ghanshyam, Gupta’s brother.What happened next was not immediately clear.Ghanshyam said people near the accident spot told the family that the person who hit Gupta had put him in a mini-truck and told a crowd that had gathered there that he was taking him for treatment. But when relatives began looking for Gupta, they could not find him anywhere.After speaking to a tea stall vendor linked to the call, the family contacted Gupta’s colleagues and searched the area. “Nothing came of it. People then suggested we check hospitals. We first went to the police station and then searched 20 to 25 hospitals, but that also led nowhere,” Ghanshyam said.There was also confusion over how Gupta was hit. While some said a scooter ploughed into him, Ghanshyam alleged it was an “unideintified vehicle”.As the search widened, family members split up. Around 7.30pm, Gupta’s wife and another relative found him lying injured near Jagdamba Electricals on Old Delhi-Gurgaon road. “The blood had dried and it seemed he might survive,” Ghanshyam said.Gupta was taken first to Yadav Hospital and later shifted to Manipal Hospital. Police said the medico-legal report noted a serious head injury and recorded that he was brought in “unconscious and unresponsive”. “Around 4.30am, his condition deteriorated and he passed away at 5.11 am,” Ghanshyam said.Police have registered a case under sections 281 (rash or negligent driving) and 106 (causing death by rash driving) of BNS at Udyog Vihar police station. “Teams have visited the spot and are scanning CCTV footage from nearby areas to identify the vehicle involved,” a senior officer said.Originally from Ayodhya, Gupta had lived in Palam Vihar with his family for several years. He is survived by his wife, a son and daughter.The loss, his family said, reopened old wounds. The family had earlier lost Gupta’s elder son in a road accident in UP in 2020. “Accidents are not leaving our family,” Ghanshyam said.