A day after a 20-year-old woman died after being trapped under a speeding car in Delhi, an eyewitness said the accused kept dragging the girl's body for 18 to 20 kilometres and the entire ordeal lasted for about one-and-a-half hours.
The victim has been identified as Anjali, a resident of Aman Vihar. She was a beautician and was returning from work in the wee hours on Sunday when the accident took place.
Recounting the harrowing incident, Deepak Dahiya, who runs a confectionery shop on Kanjhawala Road in Ladpur village, told ANI that the incident occurred around 3:20 am. "I was standing outside the shop when I heard a loud noise from a vehicle about 100 meters away. Earlier I thought it was a tire burst. As soon as the car moved, I saw a body being dragged. I informed the police immediately," Dahiya added.
He added that the car then took a u-turn, but the woman's body was still stuck under the vehicle. He said the accused drove repeatedly on the road of about 4-5 kilometres by taking u-turns.
"I tried to stop them many times but they did not stop the vehicle. For about one and a half hours they carried the girl's body for about 20 km," he said, adding that he chased the car with his bike.
The victim's body fell from the car near Jyoti village on Kanjhawala Road after one-and-a-half hours, following which the accused fled, he said.
Meanwhile, Delhi Governor Vinay Kumar Saxena too expressed his shock at the Delhi incident.
Appealing people to not resort to opportunistic scavenging, the LG tweeted: "My head hangs in shame over the inhuman crime in Kanjhawla-Sultanpuri today morning and I am shocked at the monstrous insensitivity of the perpetrators. Have been monitoring with @CPDelhi and the accused have been apprehended. All aspects are being thoroughly looked into."
Police have arrested five men in connection with the incident. The men reportedly told police that they were unaware of the girl being trapped under the car as the music was playing loud.
Delhi Commission of Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal told ANI that the men have been in an inebriated state.
"A very disturbing incident has come out. A girl was hit by a car and then dragged on the road. The car was driven by five people who were badly drunk. I have summoned Delhi Police to ask how will justice be provided to the girl. Secondly, I want to ask, despite the girl being 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.