Woman hit and drag case: 'Accused's identity proved through CCTV footage'

The identity of four accused in the hitandrun case where a 20yearold woman was dragged to death while trapped under a car here on new years day was established based on CCTV footage statements of witnesses and other scientific evidence the Delhi Police said in its charge sheetAccording to the final report the evidence proved the presence of the four accused Amit Khanna Krishan Manoj Mittal and Mithun in the car The charge sheet cited the statements of six eyewitnesses including the victims friend the person who informed police about the body an autorickshaw driver and a person who was in the car with the four accused but was dropped at Sultanpuri before the incidentIt said the CCTV footage revealed crucial evidence such as the presence of all the accused at a dhaba before the incident and in Rohini Sector 1 afterIt has also been revealed by the footage that the accused knew that the victim was entangled The accused didnt try to save the life of the woman After getting back in the car they intentionally dragged her for a long distance to kill her the charge sheet claimedIt stated that the DNA profile generated from the strands of hairs recovered from the car matched with the profile generated from the blood samples of Khanna Mittal and KrishanAlso the DNA profile generated from the blood spots present on the clothes of the accused matched with that generated from the blood sample of the victim the charge sheet statedDNA profiles generated from the exhibits recovered from the spot along with those lifted from the car the cloth of the victim and from the clothes of Manoj Mittal Mithun and Krishan were found similar to the DNA profile generated from the blood on gauze the charge sheet saidA forensic science laboratory team lifted the blood in gauze from the offending car and the spot where the body of the deceased was found DNA profile thus prepared matched with the DNA profile prepared from the blood in gauze preserved during the postmortem of the deceased the charge sheet saidThe report said that the owner of the vehicle Ashutosh Bhardwaj voluntarily permitted his car to be driven by Amit Khanna who did not have a valid driving licence Also Khannas blood test revealed the presence of alcohol above the permissible limit it saidAlso read Some leaders may be leaving BJP but workers are committed to party CM BommaiDuring the interrogation Ashutosh disclosed that when he came to know about the incident and that the person driving the car did not possess a valid driving licence he Ankush and other accused planned to plant another person possessing a valid driving licence as the driver of the offending car at the time of the incident the charge sheet saidAshutosh helped in the disappearance of the evidence of offence and gave false information to shield the accused it saidPolice arrested Deepak Khanna 26 Amit Khanna 25 Krishan 27 Mithun 26 and Manoj Mittal in the case on January 2 Coaccused Ashutosh Bhardwaj and Ankush were earlier given bail by the court while the bail plea of Deepak Khanna was rejected by a sessions courtAmit Khanna Krishan Mithun and Manoj Mittal have been accused of murder while Amit Khanna and Ashutosh were booked under the Motor Vehicles ActIt said all the accused were booked for the offences of criminal conspiracy destruction of evidence harbouring offender common intention and false information with an intent to cause a public servant to use his lawful power to the injury of another personDelhi Police has levelled additional charges against Amit Khanna for the offences of rash driving and causing hurt by an act endangering the life or personal safety of othersThis 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