Two people have been arrested in the case where an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) of Special Cell was thrashed by two persons, including a woman. The accused have been identified as Rajni and her live-in partner Yogesh. Rajni’s juvenile son, who was at the wheel, has been sent to a correctional home. The victim Amit Singh, senior Delhi Police official, was allegedly assaulted in a case of road rage in South Delhi’s lodhi Crematorium, is recuperating at AIIMS and is likely to be discharged on Saturday.
ACP Singh had suffered a nose fracture when three persons, including a juvenile and his mother, attacked him when he tried to broker peace between his driver and the minor. The trio was apprehended by police after the attack while Singh was rushed to AIIMS Trauma Centre. “Amit Singh’s condition is stable. He was brought to AIIMS Trauma Centre on Thursday evening. He had minor injuries to his head and face, including a broken nose. He is recuperating at the Department of ENT,” said AIIMS spokesperson Dr Amit Gupta.
The 17-year-old juvenile has been sent to a remand home after he was produced before a Juvenile Justice Board (JJB). Rajni, the minor’s mother, and her live-in partner Yogesh were arrested on charges of attempt to murder, assault, obstructing a public servant in discharge of duty. Yogesh has prior criminal record as well. The duo was produced in Saket Court on Friday afternoon after which they have been sent to 14-day judicial custody.
Yogesh and Rajni were on a bike trailing the youngster driving the Maruti Swift. They were returning home after meeting a relative in Nizamuddin area on Thursday evening when the incident took place. Police said the accused couple, residents of Greater Kailash area, runs a tyre business. The minor boy is a student of Class 11 and is Rajni’s son from her first marriage. The mother-son duo had been living together since the past five years.
The incident took place on Thursday evening when ACP Amit Singh, who is posted with the Special Cell, was on his way to his work in lodhi Colony in an unmarked car without a beacon. He only had his driver with him and was in plainclothes. A Swift car, which was driven by the juvenile had hit Singh’s Innova around 4.30 pm near lodhi Crematorium following which his driver had a verbal altercation with the minor.
It was then that Yogesh and Rajni too started hitting the driver. When Singh tried to intervene, the man hit him on his head with a helmet from behind and then punched him on his face several times, police said. The woman and the juvenile too rained blows on him.