Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday condemned the killing of a 20-year-old woman who was hit by a car and dragged for nearly 10-12 kilometers in the Capital's Sultanpuri area.
The Chief Minister also spoke to Delhi Lt-Governor VK Saxena about the incident and demanded justice for the woman. "Spoke to Hon'ble LG on Kanjhawala incident. Requested him to take exemplary action against culprits, strictest Sections of IPC (Indian Penal Code) should be slapped against them. No leniency should be showed even if they have high political connections. He assured that he will take strong action," Kejriwal tweeted.
Earlier, Kejriwal called the incident of a woman's body being dragged for 10-12 kilometres by a car after hit her scooter a "rarest of rare" crime and demanded that the accused be given the strictest punishment.
"It is a rarest of rare crime. I don't know where society is heading. I have learnt that the postmortem is underway, " he told reporters at a ceremony to flag off 50 electric buses. Earlier in the day, taking to Twitter, Kejriwal had demanded justice for the 20-year-old woman.
Calling it an "extremely shameful" incident, he said, "I appeal that the accused, despite whatever influence they might hold, be given strictest punishment."
"What happened to our sister in Kanjhawala is very shameful. I hope that the culprits will be punished severely," Kejriwal, who is also the national convenor of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), said in a tweet in Hindi.
Describing it as an "extremely shameful" incident, he said, "This comes under the category of rarest of rare crimes. Such people should be given capital punishment.
This can happen to anyone's sister, daughter or daughter-in-law. The accused in this case may be associated with highly-placed politicians, but all of us together should make an effort to ensure that they get the harshest punishment." Five men have been arrested in connection with the woman's death. The victim's two-wheeler was hit by a car in which they were travelling on Sunday, police said.
The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has issued a notice to the city police in connection with the incident. Delhi Commission for Women chief, Swati Maliwal, also took cognisance of the matter and issued notice to the Delhi Police.
“It is being told that some boys in an inebriated state hit her scooty with a car and dragged her for several kilometres. This matter is very dangerous, I am issuing appearance summons to Delhi Police. The whole truth should come out,” she tweeted.
A new high-quality CCTV footage of the Kanjhawala incident has confirmed a witness’ account, who claimed the car which hit the 20-year-old woman’s scooter, dragged her body under it for nearly one and a half hours on Sunday.
The new footage shows the Maruti Baleno car making a U-turn on a road in Kanjhawala in West Delhi, where the eyewitness, Deepak Dahiya, runs a confectionary shop. Dahiya had said he saw the car take a U-turn after hitting the scooty. The footage, recorded at 3.34 am, shows the car returning to the spot where the body was found.
The body can be clearly seen under the car.The witness said the car driver dragged the body of the girl, which got entangled in the undercarriage, for 18 to 20 kms, and drove that way for about one-and-a-half hour.