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![(From left) Anjali Singh's aunt along with Anjali's siblings and their mother, Rekha (extreme right), at their house in Delhi's Mangolpuri. The family has denied 'friend' Nidhi's version that Anjali had consumed alcohol, moments before the accident occurred. (Photo: Vatsala Shrangi/ News18) (From left) Anjali Singh's aunt along with Anjali's siblings and their mother, Rekha (extreme right), at their house in Delhi's Mangolpuri. The family has denied 'friend' Nidhi's version that Anjali had consumed alcohol, moments before the accident occurred. (Photo: Vatsala Shrangi/ News18)](https://images.news18.com/ibnlive/uploads/2021/07/1627283897_news18_logo-1200x800.jpg?impolicy=website&width=510&height=356)
(From left) Anjali Singh’s aunt together with Anjali’s siblings and their mom, Rekha (excessive proper), at their home in Delhi’s Mangolpuri. The household has denied ‘good friend’ Nidhi’s model that Anjali had consumed alcohol, moments earlier than the accident occurred. (Photo: Vatsala Shrangi/ News18)
Anjali began supporting her household financially after she learnt of her mom’s dialysis. Her mom, Rekha, recalled that her daughter was fond of garments and make-up, and dressed her finest on the New Year’s Eve and advised her she was leaving for work and can name earlier than she will get again dwelling
“My daughter took care of the family the way a father does. She was our backbone. I know that I can’t get my daughter back, but all I want is to see those men hanged to death. How could all of them be so merciless?” requested the mom of the 20-year-old sufferer, Anjali, whose physique was dragged for kilometres after her scooty, which she was driving alongside together with her good friend, acquired hit by a Baleno automotive on the New Year’s Eve. Her physique was discovered later in outer Delhi’s Kanjhawala space.
Anjali’s mom, Rekha, 42, is a dialysis affected person with each her kidneys broken. Her husband had died eight years in the past. It is simply after her mom’s medical situation, Anjali dropped out of faculty after learning until Class 6 and took up jobs to assist her household of six siblings together with their grandmother.
As mediapersons camp in a small area exterior a brown-colour home door in west Delhi’s Mangolpuri the place the final home on the street marked by a white tent is Anjali’s, Rekha, wrapped in a blanket, surrounded by different relations, sat listless on the mattress, slowly solutions queries of these combing by.
Anjali’s mom can barely stand or communicate. Her siblings, the youngest of whom is simply 9 years outdated, couldn’t even make sense of the tragedy that had come to go.
Recollecting the day when she had seen her daughter final, Rekha stated round 6 pm within the night, Anjali had advised her that she was leaving for work and can name earlier than she will get again dwelling. She wearing her finest garments — a pink jacket, black sweater and a pair of gray denims — saying it’s New Year’s Eve. She was fond of excellent garments, footwear and make-up. “When we tried calling her at around 10.30 pm, her phone was switched off. I didn’t know then that I won’t be seeing her again and this is what the New Year would bring us. A chills runs down my spine each time I imagine what she must have gone through while nobody reached out to help her for hours,” her mom stated.
A day after Anjali’s companion Nidhi, a chief witness within the case, stated she had consumed alcohol on the night time of the accident, the sufferer’s household utterly denied the allegations on Wednesday. “We had not heard of or seen Nidhi ever with Anjali. How can we even believe her? Our daughter was a responsible girl; she was the sole breadwinner of the family. Police must investigate Nidhi’s role in her death properly,” stated Prem Kumar, Anjali’s maternal uncle.
“She had bought the blue scooty that she was riding with her own money. She wanted to stand on her own feet and run the house. Not even boys do this for their families, what she did for hers at such a young age,” he additional stated.
Even neighbours had been livid concerning the allegations being made in opposition to Anjali by her companion and requested for a good probe within the matter. “If this girl was Anjali’s friend, why did she leave her alone to die? Even strangers come to help if an accident has happened. Why didn’t she inform the police? The claims being made by her appear to be complete lies,” stated Rohini, who lives two homes subsequent to the sufferer’s.
Anjali was the second eldest of the six siblings. Her elder sister Preeti and one other, who’s youthful than her, Gungun, are married whereas she used to dwell together with her three youthful siblings — Ashika (14), Varun (12) and Naksh (9) apart from their mom and maternal grandmother.
Anjali may research solely as much as Class 6. “She just wanted her siblings to study and get her mother treated for her disease. She wanted to elevate the family from their present condition. We were so proud of her. We don’t know what will happen now,” stated Kanta (65), her grandmother in whose home they used to dwell after their father’s dying.
Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia had visited the sufferer’s home on Wednesday midday. When requested, in the event that they acquired any assist, Kanta stated, “Promises are made by many, but we can’t say anything until the family gets something in their hand.”
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