Delhi Woman Was With Friend At Time Of Accident, She Fled Home: Sources - NDTV

New Delhi:

Delhi's Anjali Singh, whose decease aft being dragged by a car for 13 km has sparked monolithic outrage, was not unsocial erstwhile her scooter met with an accident, sources person said.

In a caller twist to the superior shocker, which took spot successful the aboriginal hours of this New Year, investigators person recovered that 20-year-old Anjali was with a person erstwhile a Maruti Baleno car deed her scooter. The friend, sources said, received insignificant injuries successful the clang and fled the scene.

Anjali's leg, investigators said, got stuck successful the axle of the car and she was dragged on with the vehicle.

Police sources said they person tracked down the pistillate and volition grounds her connection arsenic portion of the probe.

The caller findings came to the fore erstwhile constabulary were preparing a way representation to get much clarity connected what happened that night.

The probe into the incident, which has yet again prompted questions connected the information of women successful Delhi, is throwing up caller twists daily.

The probe has truthful acold recovered that the mishap took spot astatine Sultanpuri successful westbound Delhi. The 5 men successful the car person admitted that they were drunk astatine the clip of the crash. Panicked, they drove away, unaware that Anjali was dragged along, the accused person told police.

Deepak Khanna, who was astatine the wheel, has told constabulary that arsenic they drove away, helium felt "something was stuck", but others dismissed him.

The car allegedly drove for astir 13 km dragging the 20-year-old pistillate done the streets. While the car was taking a U-turn astatine Kanjhawala, 1 of accused Mithun spotted a manus nether the vehicle. Once the car was stopped, the assemblage came off. The accused past fled the scene, they person told police.

Footage of aggregate CCTV cameras connected the streets has captured the nighttime horror. One of the videos, present viral, shows the car making a U-turn with the woman's assemblage stuck to it.

An eyewitness has said that helium shouted retired erstwhile helium saw the assemblage being dragged, but the car did not stop. He past informed constabulary and chased the conveyance connected his two-wheeler. Police yet reached erstwhile the assemblage had travel disconnected and the accused had fled the scene.

All 5 accused person been arrested and the woman's autopsy study is awaited. They person been charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder, rash driving and causing decease by negligence.

While the woman's household has alleged that she was sexually assaulted, constabulary person said they person not recovered immoderate grounds of this.