This India Woman Was Hit By A Car And Dragged For 10 Kilometers And Died And People Want Justice
20-year-old Anjali Singh was hit when she was scootering home from work on Jan. 1 and dragged under the car for more than an hour.
The body of a 20-year-old woman in India’s capital Delhi was dragged under the car for at least 10 kilometers after being hit by it, causing outrage among residents and family.
The woman identified as Anjali Singh was driving a scooter when she got hit by a car in the early morning of Jan. 1.
According to police reports, the car then dragged her body for about an hour before she was discovered dead in Kanjhawala’s Jaunti village on the outskirts of Delhi.
The car was occupied by five men, aged 25 to 27, who had borrowed the car from a friend during New Year’s.
According to police reports, the men had sped away after realizing they hit Singh, but did not realize her body was being dragged under the car due to the loud music.
“I was outside my shop when I heard a noise and saw the body being dragged under the car. I shouted at the accused but nobody stopped. They were taking U-turns,” an eyewitness told the Indian Express.
Police officers eventually arrested the five men, who have been charged with culpable homicide and causing death by negligence, according to the BBC.
Family members have claimed Singh was sexually assaulted during the incident because her body was found naked, but autopsy reports have denied it.
“All injuries occurred due to blunt force impact and possibly with a vehicular accident and dragging. Also, the report indicates that there is no injury suggestive of sexual assault,” a police officer said in a statement, according to the BBC.
Delhi’s lieutenant governor, who will oversee the investigation, has called it an “inhumane crime”.
Meanwhile, people have criticized the police’s response to the incident and even demanded the lieutenant governor’s resignation.
Despite receiving at least five calls and with at least 18,000 personnel deployed to the streets of Delhi because of New Years, the police did not find the woman’s body until 2 hours after the first call.
Road accident deaths in India are among the highest in the world, reaching up to 154,000 in 2021, according to India’s Ministry of Transport.
