4 males have been within the automobile that dragged a 20-year-old girl to her loss of life after an accident on New 12 months’s Day, not 5 as beforehand thought, Delhi Police mentioned on Thursday, naming two different individuals who allegedly helped the accused males falsify statements.
The lads in a gray Maruti Suzuki Baleno hit the sufferer, Anjali Kumari, who was driving a scooter with a buddy in Sultanpuri within the early hours of January 1; the impression entangled her physique to the underside of the automobile, which then drove on for at the very least two hours, dragging her physique for at the very least 14km earlier than it dislodged in a mangled state and was discovered by locals in outer Delhi’s Kanjhawala.
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The grisly loss of life sparked outrage and a political row, with the accused males – police now say they have been conscious that an individual was caught – going through a lifetime sentence in jail on prices of culpable murder not amounting to homicide underneath Part 304 of the Indian Penal Code.
Sagar Preet Hooda, the particular commissioner of police (legislation and order, zone-2), mentioned two extra suspects have been concerned within the case. “Their involvement has been established by way of CCTV footage and name element information. The 2 individuals, later recognized as Ashutosh (goes by single identify) and Ankush Khanna, have been attempting to protect the accused individuals,” he mentioned. Whereas Ashutosh is a buddy of Amit Khanna, Ankush Khanna is Deepak and Amit’s cousin.
“Each of them weren’t within the automobile on the time of accident, however they helped the arrested accused by furnishing false statements earlier than the police,” he added.
Police made a second revelation – that there have been solely 4 individuals within the automobile on the time of the accident, not 5 as reported earlier than. Deepak, who till now was assumed to be the motive force, was in reality, at dwelling on the time of the accident.
“The automobile was being pushed by Amit. After noticing a physique being dragged by the automobile, he known as his cousins Ankush and Deepak, who requested him to inform the police that Deepak was driving the automobile. We suspect that they have been consulting attorneys,” mentioned Chinmoy Biswal, further commissioner of police (western vary).
Hooda mentioned the explanation for this obfuscation was that Deepak had a driving licence, whereas Amit didn’t have a driving licence. Police mentioned their investigation has now established that the incident occurred between 2.04 and a couple of.06 am on January 1. Police had earlier put the time as 1.45am.
“Our investigation is heading in the right direction. We’ll add related sections, together with 120B (legal conspiracy) and 34 (frequent intention) to make sure strictest punishment,” Biswal mentioned.
In the meantime, a Rohini courtroom on Thursday prolonged the police remand of all 5 accused.