New Delhi: Delhi’s Anjali Singh, whose death after being dragged by a car for 13 km has yet again prompted questions on the safety of women in Delhi, was not alone when her scooter met with an accident, sources have said.
The cops have claimed that the victim was not alone on the scooty when the incident occurred.“When we traced the route of deceased, it was found that she wasn’t alone on her scooty. A girl was with her at the time of accident. She suffered injuries & fled from the spot but deceased’s legs got stuck in car, after which she was dragged”, the police said.The Delhi Police has expedited the probe into the horrific incident which has triggered massive outrage across the national capital. Shalini Singh, special commissioner of police, led a team to Janauti village.
According to the Delhi Police, the accused Deepak Khanna had borrowed a car at around 8 pm on December 31. After picking up his other four friends, all the five accused headed to Murthal in Haryana where they had dinner. The police suspect that all the five people might have consumed liquor before leaving for Mangolpuri after midnight. The Delhi Police said the Kanjhawala Police Station received a distress call at around 3.20 pm about a body been dragged by a grey Maruti Baleno car heading to Qutubgarh. While the investigation was on, another caller informed about the body lying on the Kanjhawala main road at 4.11 am. The police team rushed to the spot where they found the body lying on the road. All the five people have been arrested and have been booked for culpable homicide not amounting to murder, causing death due to negligence and rash driving. They were produced before court which sent them to three-day custody.
Footage of multiple CCTV cameras on the streets has captured the night horror. One of the videos, now viral, shows the car making a U-turn with the woman’s body stuck to it.
An eyewitness has said that he shouted out when he saw the body being dragged, but the car did not stop. He then informed police and chased the vehicle on his two-wheeler. Police eventually reached when the body had come off and the accused had fled the scene.
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