In Delhi hit-and-run, one of the accused is a BJP man, his poster was outside police station
Posters of Mittal, describing him as the co-convener of the Mongolpuri ward, were pasted in several places in Sultanpuri area, including outside Sultanpuri police station.
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20-year-old Anjali Singh was killed in Delhi after her scooter was hit by a car, and she was dragged by the vehicle for almost 10 km. (Express) One of the accused in the Kanjhawala hit-and-run case, where the body of a 20-year-old woman was dragged after getting stuck in the undercarriage of a Baleno car on Sunday morning, is affiliated to the BJP.
According to Delhi BJP officials, the accused, Manoj Mittal (27) is a party functionary from Sultanpuri area. “He is a small-time party functionary. He was appointed as co-convener of our local data entry cell four days ago,” said a senior BJP leader.
A poster of the accused, Manoj Mittal. Express
Posters of Mittal, describing him as the co-convener of the Mongolpuri ward, were pasted in several places in Sultanpuri area, including outside Sultanpuri police station. Locals demanding action against the accused tore several of these posters Monday.
Police said Mittal was a ration dealer in P Block, Sultanpuri. “He is low in the party hierarchy, part of a sub-division in Mongolpuri area,” the leader said.
Party sources said they have reached out to L-G VK Saxena seeking a government job for a family member of the victim.
“The only thing which has come to light so far is that he was appointed recently as part of a party enrollment drive in the run-up up to the MCD polls last year. We are in the process of finding out who was behind his appointment and the credentials on the basis of which he was appointed,” a party source said.
AAP spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj alleged that the accused were initially booked under lighter IPC sections (304 A, causing death by negligence) because of this affiliation. “There’s a hoarding outside the police station with the name of Manoj Mittal, who is an accused in the case. He is locked up in the same police station. Delhi Police and L-G have not dared to say anything yet about how he is a BJP member. Inke mandal ka sah-sanyojak hai. I challenge Vinai Saxena to make public the call details of the accused. The accused was in constant touch with police and BJP netas. Three PCR vans passed by the vehicle when it was moving with the body,” he alleged.
“There have been efforts to cover this up right from the start… We don’t have any hope that the L-G will do anything because this is a matter of the BJP. This is a matter of great shame… woh log Bharatiya Janata Party ke netaon ko bachana ki koshish kar rahe hain aur L-G saheb bhi chahte hain ki Bharatiya Janata Party ke netaon ko bachaya jaaye,” he further claimed.
The BJP hit back and accused AAP of politicising the incident. “Police have taken action. Did police know he was a functionary when the incident took place? The language being used by AAP’s Saurabh Bharadwaj does not befit a legislator. He is talking like a road-side goon… This is a very serious incident and the accused should be tried by a fast-track court and hanged,” said Delhi BJP spokesperson Harish Khurana.
The Delhi Congress demanded a high-level probe in the incident, a compensation of Rs 1 crore for the victim’s next of kin and questioned why Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had not taken up the matter with Union Home Minister Amit Shah who, Delhi Congress president Anil Kumar demanded, should tender his resignation “for his failure to control the law and order situation in Delhi”.
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