Delhi Woman, Dragged By Car, Was With Friend Who Fled Spot: 10 Things To Know

A 20-year-old woman was killed after a car hit her two-wheeler vehicle scooty and dragged her around for nearly 12 kilometres in outer Delhi’s Sultanpuri early on Sunday morning, police said. Five men were in the car, suspected to be drunk, and they have been arrested, the police said.

In a new development to the case, the Delhi Police have claimed that the victim was not alone on the scooty when the incident occurred.

“When we traced the route of the deceased, it was found that she wasn't alone on her scooty. A girl was with her at the time of the accident. She suffered injuries & fled from the spot but the deceased's legs got stuck in the car, after which she was dragged," the police said.

The accused Deepak Khanna had borrowed a car at around 8 pm on December 31. After picking up his other four friends, all five headed to Murthal in Haryana. All five people have been arrested and booked for culpable homicide not amounting to murder, causing death due to negligence and rash driving. They were produced before the court which sent them to three-day custody.

The accident prompted the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) to issue a notice to the Delhi Police in connection with the incident.

A large number of people gathered outside the Sultanpuri Police Station and blocked traffic demanding punishment for the five accused. Videos show a massive crowd outside the police station.

Delhi Woman Killed After Dragged By Car: 10 Things To Know

• The deceased, Anjali Singh, worked part-time for an event management company where she would have to attend weddings and other functions. She was returning home from one such event when she met with the accident. She is survived by her mother and six siblings. Her father died some years ago.
• The accused and the woman both live near Sultanpuri, though they aren’t known to each other, police said.
• The incident took place in Delhi's Sultanpuri on Sunday morning, several hours into the New Year celebrations that began at midnight.
• After hitting her scooty, the car drove on for 10-12 km even as her limbs got entangled in the vehicle's undercarriage, the police said.
• Rekha, the woman's mother, alleged the men had sexually assaulted her. "Her clothes cannot be completely torn off. Her entire body was naked when they found her. I want a full investigation and justice," she said.
  However, the autopsy ruled out sexual assault, which was suspected by the deceased woman's family.
• The police control room got a call at 3.24 am that a car was seen dragging a body. The police got another call at 4.11 am about a woman's body lying on the road. After that, the police alerted officers deployed at pickets and started searching for the vehicle, news agency Asian News International reported.
• "Police arrested the accused on the basis of the registered car number. The accused said their car met with an accident with a scooty, but they were unaware that she was dragged along with their car for several kilometres," Delhi Police officer Harendra K Singh told ANI, adding some posts on social media that claimed it was a rape case were fake and the police would act against those posting such content.
• Delhi Commission for Women's chief Swati Maliwal said it has been reported that the men in the car were drunk. "This matter is very dangerous. I will summon the Delhi Police for more details about the incident. The whole truth should come out," Maliwal told reporters.
• Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena Sunday expressed shock at the "monstrous insensitivity" of the perpetrators who hit a woman on her scooty and dragged her for nearly 12 kilometres.
• Reacting to the incident, Saxena said he has been monitoring the case and that all aspects of the case are being thoroughly looked into. "My head hangs in shame over the inhuman crime in Kanjhawla-Sultanpuri today morning and I am shocked at the monstrous insensitivity of the perpetrators. Have been monitoring with @CPDelhi and the accused have been apprehended. All aspects are being thoroughly looked into," he tweeted.
• Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has called the incident "shameful" and said he hopes the culprits get the strictest punishment.

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