In a horrific road accident in Delhi, a 23-year-old woman died after her scooty was hit by a speeding car and she was dragged on the road for nearly four kilometeres in the wee hours of Sunday. Five men, who were inside the Maruti Suzuki Baleno car, have been identified and arrested.
The incident took place in Sultanpuri around 3 am when the car hit the woman's two-wheeler and drove on even as her limbs got entangled with the car's wheels.
Police said the condition of the girl after the incident was so bad that after being dragged on her clothes and even the back side of her body got ripped off, reported ANI.
Reports said Kanjhwala Police Station received a PCR call at 3.24 am that a car was noticed with a body being dragged along with it. Another PCR call was received at 4.11 am about the body of the girl lying on the road.
Police rushed to the spot and took the girl to SGM hospital, Mangolpuri, where she was declared brought dead. The suspected car was also traced down and the five men were apprehended from their houses.
The accused said their car met with an accident with a scooty, but they were unaware that she was dragged along with their car for several kilometres," Delhi Police officer Harendra K. Singh told ANI.
Taking cognizance of the matter, Delhi Commission of Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal has issued an appearance summons to the Delhi Police.
"The naked body of a girl was found in Delhi's Kanjhawala, it is being told that some boys in an inebriated state hit her scooty with a car and dragged her for several kilometres. This matter is very dangerous, I am issuing an appearance summons to Delhi Police. The whole truth should come out," she said in a tweet.
Later, Maliwal told ANI that the five persons in the car were drunk. “I want to ask, despite the girlbeing dragged for kilometres, no check post was able to catch anything. No one stopped those drunk people. This is a very scary and shocking incident," she said.
Police, however, have not confirmed whether the accused, who was driving the car, was under the influence of alcohol.
