A day after a BSES engineer was killed and four of his colleagues were injured when their car crashed into a tree while trying to escape from a mob at Jhuljhuli Village, near Najafgarh, Delhi Police added Section 304 (Culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the Indian Penal Code to the case. Police also said efforts are being made to nab the culprits and bring them to book.
On Tuesday, police had registered an FIR under Section 304A (Causing death due to negligence) and had started investigating the matter.
The BSES engineer along with his team had gone to the village to inspect complaints of power theft. The team was videographing visible instances of power theft, which angered the villagers.
Soon, a mob gathered and started asking the team to hand over the cameras to them. Some of them armed with rods and hockey sticks. Sensing trouble, a police force accompanying the 15-member team asked the engineers to go back.
They kept the villagers at bay to allow the team safe passage, but a few locals chased the BSES vehicles on bikes. One of the bikers came up alongside a BSES car and threatened to thrash the driver if he did not stop. The driver Wasim (22) panicked and swerved off the road. "He lost control of the vehicle. It overturned and hit a tree," said a BSES official.
Singh (28) was killed on the spot while the others, including Wasim, were critically injured. The men following the car fled after the crash. Police team rushed the officials to a hospital. While Abhimanyu Singh, who was leading the team, was declared dead on arrival. Meanhwile, the others were later shifted to DDU Hospital where they are stated to be critical.