‘Despite pleading, she purposely took us to a small hospital far away’: Wife of Finance Ministry officer killed in BMW accident to cops; driver arrested

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 Sunday afternoon.

“My husband and I were moved to a van-type car and were being taken somewhere. I kept telling her again and again to take us to a nearby hospital for first aid, as my husband was unconscious and needed immediate medical attention. But despite all my pleading and requests, she purposely took us to a small hospital far away and got us admitted there. It was only later that I got to know it was a hospital in GTB Nagar, and I was kept on the stretcher there for a long time,” Sandeep Kaur said in the First Information Report (FIR).

Kaur said the woman driver told her that her name was Gaganpreet Kaur, and that the vehicle was a blue BMW car with 0008 as the number, which had turned upside down on the road.

Singh’s wife was shifted to Venkateshwar Hospital for further treatment only after her son and relatives reached the GTB Hospital.

On Sunday afternoon, Singh and his wife had gone to offer prayers at the Bangla Sahib Gurdwara.

“We were at the gurdwara till 12.20 pm, after which we went for lunch at Karnataka Bhawan. We both then sat on the motorcycle and left for our home (Jail Road, West Delhi). We were travelling from Dhaula Kuan to Delhi Cantonment when a speeding and rashly driven BMW hit us from the back,” Sandeep said.

“My husband was wearing a turban while I was wearing a helmet. The impact was such that we both fell on the road, my husband sustained injuries to his face and legs, and I sustained multiple fractures on my forearms and injuries to my head,” she added.

The Delhi Police said they have booked the woman under sections of culpable homicide not amounting to murder and for tampering with evidence after the accident.

Gaganpreet was accompanied by her husband, Parikshit Makkar, and two young children when the accident happened, the police said.

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