Kanjhawala case: Sixth person arrested, one surrenders; CCTV footage emerges

One of the two suspects police were looking for shielding the accused in the Kanjhawala accident case was arrested on Friday while the other surrendered even as more CCTV footage emerged in which victim Anjali Singh and her friend Nidhi are seen with a man hours before the incidentPolice have already arrested Deepak Khanna 26 Amit Khanna 25 Krishan 27 Mithun 26 and Manoj Mittal in the case Later they zeroed in on Ashutosh and Ankush Khanna and said they were involved in shielding the accusedAnkush surrendered this evening at Sultanpuri police station while Ashutosh was nabbed from Budh Vihar area in northwest DelhiIn the Sultanpuri case accused Ashutosh has been arrested who had given false information to the police Further investigation is on Special Commissioner of Police Law and Order Sagar Preet Hooda saidPolice also denied reports that Nidhi who was riding pillion on Anjalis scooter at the time of the accident was arrested and said she was only called to join the investigationNidhi was traced by the police after they examined CCTV footage She recorded her statement with the police on TuesdayAlso read Delhi womens panel chief urges people to stop questioning Kanjhawala victims characterDeputy Commissioner of Police outer Harendra Kumar Singh said There are reports that Nidhi has been arrested by the police It is hereby clarified that she has been called to join the investigationSources claimed that Deepak was not in the Maruti Baleno car that mowed down AnjaliThere were five men partying in the car One of them the friend of the four other men deboarded the vehicle before the incident took place Deepak was at his home entire night when the incident happened He was called by one of the accused after the car hit Anjali following which he brought his uncles autorickshaw to take the accused to their residences sources saidFresh CCTV footage emerged where Nidhi and Anjali are seen on a scooter with a man The person drops them near Anjalis residenceIn another footage both the women go to the house of the deceased and later proceed towards the hotel for the party Meanwhile a Delhi court remanded Ashutosh in police custody for three daysMetropolitan Magistrate Sanya Dalal allowed his custodial interrogation after Delhi Police sought his remand for five days The accused persons causing the death of Anjali had allegedly borrowed the car from AshutoshChief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said his government has sanctioned an exgratia of Rs 10 lakh for the family of AnjaliAnjalis painful death shook the entire country It cannot be compensated for but to help her family the Delhi government sanctioned an exgratia of Rs 10 lakh today We are standing with her family and will help them in every possible way Kejriwal said in a tweet in HindiAfter going through CCTV footage and call detail records police had zeroed in on Ashutosh and Ankush Khanna as they were involved in shielding the accusedAnkush is accused Amits brother Amit does not have a driving licence and after he informed Ankush about the accident the latter allegedly convinced Deepak who is a Gramin Seva driver to tell police that he was behind the wheel on the fateful dayThey said Ashutosh and Ankush were not in the car Ashutosh also misled police by claiming that Deepak had taken the car from him when it was Amit who had taken itAnjali was killed in the early hours of the New Year after her scooter was hit by the car which dragged her for 12 km from Sultanpuri to Kanjhawala Nidhi fell to the side and fled the spot after the accident because she was scaredThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever