Woman Killed in Delhi After Car Hits Scooter, Drags Her for 4 km

NEW DELHI:
A 20-year-old woman was killed in Delhi after her scooter was hit by a car, and she was dragged by the vehicle for almost 4 km — from Sultanpuri to Kanjhawala — in the early hours of Sunday. Police said the body was found almost an hour later.

Police said the woman, Anjali Singh, was an event organiser and returning from work at the time.

According to the police, there were five men in the car, who have been arrested. Following the incident, the accused allegedly removed the woman’s body from under the vehicle and fled the spot, the police said.

The five men have been identified as Deepak Khanna (26), who drives a Gramin Sewa auto; Amit Khanna (25), who works for a nationalised bank in Uttam Nagar; Krishan (27), who worked at the Spanish Culture Centre in Connaught Place; Mithun (26), a hairdresser at a salon; and, Manoj Mittal (27), a ration dealer in Sultanpuri.

They have been booked for rash driving and causing death by negligence. Police are probing whether the accused knew the victim was being dragged but didn’t stop to help her.

DCP (Outer Delhi) Harendra Singh told reporters: “A PCR call was received at 3.24 am at Kanjhawala police station in Rohini district. The caller said a body was being dragged by a grey Baleno. The caller provided a part of the registration number. Staff deployed at pickets were alerted and a message was flashed to look for the vehicle. At 4.11 am, a PCR call was again received at Kanjhawala police station which said a woman’s body was lying on the road. It was sent to SGM Hospital, Mangolpuri.”

DCP Singh said: “The car was traced and its occupants were located. They said the car met with an accident in the Sultanpuri area. The SHO of the area had also noticed a scooter that had been in an accident and this information was lodged at the police station at 3.53 am. The scooter belonged to the woman. Spot inspection revealed that after the accident, the victim got entangled in the wheels and was dragged for quite some distance.”