BMW crash: People wanted to help the deceased, but accused refused, police tell court

The court was hearing the bail plea of Gaganpreet, the woman driving the BMW, which allegedly rammed into the bike of Navjot Singh and his wife, leading to the 57-year-old's death.

Navjot Singh, 57, who was posted as a deputy secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs under the Finance Ministry, was killed and his wife injured when the BMW rammed into them. (File Photo)

The driver whose BMW car was allegedly involved in the accident that led to the death of senior Finance Ministry official Navjot Singh on September 14, refused to take help from people present at the spot, the Delhi Police submitted before a court on Thursday.

“We have the statement of a person who had wanted to help, but the accused had denied,” said Public Prosecutor Atul Kumar Srivastava, who represented the Delhi Police before the court of Judicial Magistrate Ankit Garg of Patiala House Court.

The court was hearing the bail plea of Gaganpreet, the woman driving the BMW, which allegedly rammed into the bike of Navjot Singh and his wife, leading to the 57-year-old’s death.

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The accident had taken place on the Ring Road near Delhi Cantonment Metro station. Gaganpreet took Singh to Nulife hospital in GTB Nagar, which was nearly 18 km from the accident spot. A day after the accident, she was arrested from Nulife where she was undergoing treatment.

Srivastava told the court, “Their intention was to save themselves from the police. This wasn’t a hospital. It was a nursing home belonging to a relative (of Gaganpreet). There were many hospitals nearby which she could have taken them to.”

Senior advocate Pradeep Rana, who represented Gaganpreet, said, “The motorcycle was never in front of the car. The car was in front. Both vehicles had the same speed. The car hit a divider and then the man fell from the bike and was hit by a bus.”

Police had invoked culpable homicide not amounting to murder against Gaganpreet, a non-bailable offence which has a maximum punishment of life imprisonment.

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