Delhi: Ghastly Incident
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By Linus Garg
First publised on 2023-01-03 10:29:20
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Linus tackles things head-on. He takes sides in his analysis and it fits excellently with our editorial policy. No 'maybe's' and 'allegedly' for him, only things in black and white.
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What
happened on the streets of the national capital in the early hours of the New Year
was scary. A car, loaded with five drunk men, hit a two-wheeler with two female
riders. One of the riders was thrown off and escaped with minor injuries. The
other was not so lucky. She was trapped by the car and was dragged for 12 kms.
Obviously she died.
It is
surprising that the men claimed that they could not feel that a body was trapped
beneath the car and was being dragged. They claim that loud music was playing
and they could not hear any noise. But when the car hit the scooty, obviously
there would have been a thump and when the body was being dragged, the drive
would have been bumpy. It is clear that they are lying and they hit the
two-wheeler and were running away from the scene, wishing that the body will
get extricated and no one will be wiser. But with CCTV cameras all over the
place, the gory incident has been captured in detail.
After
protests erupted, home minister Amit Shah has ordered a probe in the incident.
Police, meanwhile, have slapped stringent IPC Sections 304 (culpable homicide)
and 120B (criminal conspiracy) against the 5 occupants of the car all of whom
have been arrested. But two witnesses claim that they alerted the police on
seeing the body being dragged under the car but they did not pay heed. Police
are waiting for the autopsy report to find out if the girl was sexually assaulted
which does not seem to be a possibility given the visuals in the CCTV footage.
It is sad
that people who are involved in an accident mostly try to flee from the scene.
They do not realize that the punishment will be much greater if they run away
than if they stop and help the victim. If the men had stopped the car when it
collided with the two-wheeler, maybe the girl who died could have been saved
and their punishment would have been much less. Now, they will face the full
force of law and face punishment for culpable homicide rather than rash,
negligent and drunken driving.
