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Rajdhani in police custody for four days. Metropolitan Magistrate Sanya Dalal allowed the Delhi Police to keep the accused in its custody for four more days for questioning instead of five days’ remand prayed for.
Earlier in the day, Delhi Police made fresh revelations during a press briefing in the accident case in which 20-year-old Anjali died after being hit by a car in Delhi’s Sultanpuri’s Kanjhawala area and dragged for several kilometers by the vehicle. January 1st.
Giving a major update on the case, Delhi Police said that apart from the five accused we knew so far, two more people are involved in the case, a hunt is on to nab them. Two new suspects, identified as Ashutosh, the car’s owner, and Ankush, brother of one of the accused, are now in focus in the hit-and-drag case.
Anjali Singh died in the early hours of New Year when her scooter was hit by a car, which dragged her for 12 kms. His body was found in Kanjhawala area of outer Delhi.
Meanwhile, fresh CCTV footage on Thursday showed a PCR van just 40 seconds behind the Baleno car involved in the case at a turn. Another CCTV footage of the accused getting down from the car and inspecting the chassis later surfaced. Anjali’s death is becoming more mysterious with new developments, claims and counter-claims surfacing by the day. What began as an investigation into a case of an accident has now taken several turns, questioning the authenticity of multiple CCTV visuals, statements of a friend, an autopsy report contrary to the claims of old friends and the victim’s family.
The accused have been identified as Deepak Khanna (26) who works as a driver in Gramin Sewa, Amit Khanna (25) who works for SBI Card Uttam Nagar, Krishnan (27) who works in CP New Delhi One works in Spanish Culture Centre, Mithun (26) who works as Naina and Manoj Mittal (27) who works as ration dealer in P Block Sultanpuri.
Friend Nidhi, who was seen with Anjali before the accident, has now become an important figure in the entire investigation. Nidhi on Tuesday claimed that she was with the victim during the accident and alleged that the accused also tried to run over her in a car. He also said that the people in the car knew that Anjali was trapped below, but still they continued to drag her.
In an exclusive conversation with CNN-News18, she said that she made an unsuccessful attempt to save him and was scared to report the matter to the police. “I was disheartened. The victim did not know the boys. The men in the car tried to run over me as well. The incident took place between 2-3 pm. I tried to save her but did not succeed. The victim ran for help. But people pulled her along with the car. I was scared to report the matter to the police,” she said.
On Wednesday, Nidhi’s claims of Anjali being drunk were refuted by her family member Bhupendra Singh Chaurasia, who had her autopsy report, saying the postmortem report showed no signs of alcoholism. Anjali’s mother also said that she never drank alcohol and Nidhi’s allegations were ‘baseless’. Police said on Wednesday that Nidhi was intoxicated.
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