Accident victim taken to distant hospital on purpose: police to court

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The constabulary  person  claimed that Gaganpreet Makkad was driving her car   astatine  astir   100 kmph erstwhile   she deed  the victim.

The constabulary person claimed that Gaganpreet Makkad was driving her car astatine astir 100 kmph erstwhile she deed the victim. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO

A Delhi tribunal has taken cognisance of the chargesheet filed successful the mishap lawsuit of Navjot Singh, a 52-year-old worker of the Finance Ministry, who was tally implicit by a speeding luxury car adjacent Dhaula Kuan past September.

Delhi Police told Judicial Magistrate Ankit Garg that the unfortunate was deliberately taken to a distant hospital, which delayed his attraction “during the aureate hours of trauma care”.

The mishap occurred astatine 1.30 a.m. connected September 14. The constabulary claimed that the accused, Gaganpreet Makkad, near for the infirmary with the unfortunate astatine 1.37 a.m. and reached determination astatine 2.15 a.m.

The constabulary besides alleged that the mishap took spot owed to the responsibility of Ms. Makkad, who was astatine the driving wheel. It was alleged that she was driving the car astir 100-110 kmph.

The conveyance crashed into a metro pillar adjacent the Delhi Cantonment metro presumption connected Ring Road, overturned, and rammed into the motorcycle of the Finance Ministry employee, who died successful the clang portion his wife, Sandeep Kaur, suffered grievous injuries.

Court issues summons

The constabulary submitted that the accused has been charged nether Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections pertaining to culpable homicide not amounting to murder, rash driving, endangering beingness oregon idiosyncratic information of others, and causing disappearance of evidence. Considering the submissions of the Investigating Officer, the tribunal said that prima facie the chargesheet disclosed the committee of offences.

“I instrumentality cognisance of the offence,” the magistrate said. The tribunal past issued a summons to the accused and posted the substance for further proceeding connected February 2.

Published - January 24, 2026 01:41 americium IST

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