Last Updated: January 06, 2023, 14:24 IST
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FSL staff inspects the automobile that hit Anjali Singh, in New Delhi, on Wednesday. (PTI)
Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal has stated she is going to ship a suggestion to the Centre to switch the Kanjhawla accident case to the CBI. News18 seems to be at 5 questions associated to the probe and incident every
Days after the hit-and-drag case in Sultanpuri, which has shocked your entire nation, there are a number of unanswered questions in regards to the incident, whilst new discrepancies questions and errors emerge over the investigation.
Anjali Singh, 20, was killed after being hit and dragged by a automobile for 12 km in outer Delhi on New Year. The Delhi Police has arrested one other particular person – sixth accused Ashutosh — within the Kanjhawala case, an official stated on Friday.
Earlier the police have arrested Deepak Khanna, 26, who works as a driver in Gramin Sewa; Amit Khanna, 25, who works for SBI playing cards Uttam Nagar; Krishnan, 27, who works at a Spanish Culture Centre at CP New Delhi; Mithun, 26, who works as a hairdresser at Naraina; and Manoj Mittal, 27, who works as a ration supplier at P Block Sultanpuri. After going by means of CCTV footage and name element information, the police zeroed in on two extra suspects — Ashutosh and Ankush Khanna — and stated they have been concerned in shielding the accused. Ankush Khanna is the brother of accused Amit Khanna.
Meanwhile, Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal on Thursday stated she is going to ship a suggestion to the Centre to switch the Kanjhawla accident case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), saying there are a number of discrepancies within the police investigation to this point.
The unanswered questions in regards to the incident:
- How did the accident occur and the place?
According to the police, the accident befell in Sultanpuri’s Krishna Vihar space and Anjali’s physique was present in Jaunta village, which is about 14 km from this space. This lane in Krishna Vihar space is about 190 meters lengthy and there are 4 CCTV cameras. There is a few footage earlier than and after the accident during which two ladies on a scooty and a Baleno automobile passing by are seen. But no footage might be discovered the place the automobile and the scooty collide straight. - Who was driving the automobile?
Police investigation has discovered that the man accused of driving the automobile which killed Singh on January 1, was at residence on the time. The accused, Deepak Khanna, was requested by his cousins and buddies to inform the police he was with them on the time of the accident, as he was the one particular person with a driving licence, police stated, as per a report by the Indian Express.#WATCH | Kanjhawala demise case: All 5 accused have been taken to Delhi’s Sanjay Gandhi hospital at night time for medical examination. Police took them for medical examination at night time as a part of the precaution. pic.twitter.com/rAi9FZzwUW
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Police discovered that Deepak’s telephone location from the time didn’t match with that of the opposite 4 accused within the case. His telephone location and name information confirmed he was at residence all day, they stated, as per the report.
- How did they not know there was a physique beneath?
A CCTV footage of the accused getting off the automobile and inspecting the chassis has surfaced, elevating questions on their claims that they didn’t notice a physique was caught beneath. - Why did the search start two hours after the decision?
Eyewitnesses have claimed that they noticed Anjali’s physique being dragged by the automobile and referred to as the police management room, however there was no motion. Deepak Dahiya, who runs a confectionery store on Kanjhawala Road in Ladpur village, instructed the media that he made the primary name to police at 3.20 am after which once more at 3.30 am. Other eyewitnesses additionally referred to as the PCR at 4.11 am.
The Kanjhawala police station additionally acquired calls throughout the identical time, however a search operation was launched solely after 4.15 am — virtually two hours after the primary name. According to sources, a number of police pickets didn’t discover something amiss whilst Anjali’s physique was dragged on the route that the suspects took. “There are lapses on part of policemen on duty at the picket but there are lapses on part of those in the control room also,” an official told CNN-News18.
No action despite repeated calls to the police control room and unresponsive personnel at police pickets on the route the suspects took were some of the lapses highlighted in a preliminary assessment, shared with the ministry of home affairs. - Why did the PCR van just behind the car not stop it?Meanwhile, fresh CCTV footage on Thursday showed a PCR van just 40 seconds behind the Baleno car involved in the case at a turn.
The unanswered questions about the probe:
- Why was Nidhi’s phone not seized?
Anjali’s friend Nidhi on Tuesday came forward as the only eye-witness to the bone-chilling incident. However, her version doesn’t come across as reliable. “The police have not even seized Nidhi’s phone till now which could have important evidence,” stated Maliwal on Thursday. - Can Nidhi be trusted?
According to Delhi Police, Nidhi might not have been present at the time of the accident, because a CCTV footage shows her getting dropped at home at 1:37 am the night of the accident. While she claimed Anjali was drunk and insisted on driving the scooty, the autopsy report of Anjali shows no traces of alcohol.Nidhi claimed her phone was broken in the accident so she couldn’t contact the police, however, CCTV images show the phone in Nidhi’s hands. Nidhi also said she made a failed attempt to save her and the accused men also tried to run the car over her. The CCTV shows Nidhi reaching home at 1.37 am. However, there is a discrepancy in timings of the CCTV footage. Nidhi’s friend Nishant claimed he saw her reaching home around 2.30 am. - Why are statements not recorded under CrPC section 164 to make them admissible in court?
“We have also found that statements under section 164 CrpC have not been recorded of all the witnesses. Action should be taken against the guilty policemen, who did not respond to the PCR calls on time and the case should be handed over to the CBI,” Maliwal stated. - Why did the police not scan full CCTV footage? Why no homicide cost in FIR?
“They haven’t scanned the whole CCTV footage on the 12-kilometer stretch on which Anjali was dragged, not even the footage from the resort until the accident web site,” she stated. She additionally questioned the truth that part 302, which pertains to homicide, was not added within the FIR. - Why no motion in opposition to PCR workers and police but?
By now, it’s clear that there was laxity by the PCR workers in attending to the decision. However, no motion has been taken in opposition to these accountable but.
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