The Metropolitan Magistrate Sanya Dalal has granted the Delhi police four days of custody for interrogation of the suspects, rather than the requested five days.
The investigating officer stated during the hearing that the suspects’ further custody was necessary to determine the route they took on the night of the incident, during which the victim became trapped under the vehicle after being hit. The route was approximately 13km and was traversed in two hours.
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The IO also said one of the accused was “planted” as the driver of the vehicle.
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He said all of them were subjected to sustained interrogation over the last three days in custody.
The victim, 20, was killed in the early hours of the New Year after her scooter was hit by a car, which dragged her for about 12 kilometres. Her bruised and battered body was found on the road in Kanjhawala.
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The Sultanpuri police station has registered an FIR against Deepak Khanna (26), Amit Khanna (25), Krishan (27), Mithun (26) and Manoj Mittal for various offences under the Indian Penal Code, including criminal conspiracy, culpable homicide not amounting to murder, causing death by negligence and rash driving on public way.
(With inputs from PTI)
