Amit Shah seeks detailed report from Delhi Police on hit and run case
The Union Home Minister has sought a report in the delhi hit and run case directing officials to act swiftly without fear. He took cognizance of the Delhi hit-and-run case where a 20-year-old riding a scooty met with an accident, with her clothes entangled in the wheel of the car due to which she was dragged for 10 km in outer Delhi's Khanjawala area. Home Minister Amit Shah sought a detailed report from Delhi Police Commissioner on the incident, directing the officials to 'act swiftly without any fear'.
In the FIR, the police have stated that the car, a Maruti Suzuki Baleno was owned by one Ashutosh and was taken for a night by his friends Deepak Khanna and Amit Khanna at around 7 pm on December 31, 2022, and was parked back in his house, at 5 am, on January 1, 2023, in an accidental state. When enquired, Amit and Deepak told Ashutosh that they, in a drunken state, had hit a girl on scooty and escaped towards the Kanjhawala road.
As per the FIR, Deepak has told the police that he was driving the car, while Manoj Mittal was sitting in the front passenger seat. In the back, Mithun was sitting in the middle, with Krishan on his right side and Amit on his left.
"On the road from Krishan Vihar to Shani Bazar, they hit a girl on her scooty with the car, who fell on the road. Post this, they fled towards the Kanjhawala road, and stopped the car near Jonty Village only to see the body of the girl on the scooty, entangled in the wheels of the car. Seeing this, they got scared and went to the house of Ashutosh and parked the car, before going to their respective residences," the FIR in Hindi roughly read.