Girl’s naked body dragged by car on NY eve: Kejriwal takes a dig at BJP, talks to L-G

• ‘No leniency should be shown to the accused even if they have high political connections’
• One of the five accused persons has been identified as a BJP leader, alleges AAP
• The girl died after she was allegedly hit by car, then dragged for a few kilometres on road

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday talked to Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena on the death of 20-year-old girl on the New Year’s Eve and also took a veiled dig at the BJP while demanding the death penalty for the accused.

Taking to Twitter, the Delhi CM said that “no leniency should be shown” to the accused even if they have “high political connections”. The “no leniency” dig at the BJP comes after Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) alleged a BJP link with one of the accused. During a presser earlier in the day, AAP spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj claimed that one of the accused is a “BJP leader named Manoj Mittal”.

“There is a cover-up in the entire incident because the L-G is aware of the involvement of a BJP leader. I challenge Vinay Saxena to publicise the call details of the accused,” Bharadwaj said after he, along with several other AAP leaders such as Durgesh Pathak and Gaurav Rai, tweeted on Monday with pictures of hoardings in Delhi with Mittal’s photos. The official Twitter profile of the AAP also shared a post on this claim.

The 20-year-old girl, Anjali Singh, was killed after she was allegedly hit by a car and then dragged for a few kilometres on the road, being entangled in the wheels, the police informed on Sunday. All the five accused in the case have been arrested. They have been sent to three-day police custody. The victim was an event organiser and returning from work at the time.  The incident happened at Sultanpuri.

“Spoke to hon’ble LG on Kanjhawala incident. Requested him to take exemplary action against culprits, strictest sections of IPC should be slapped against them. No leniency should be shown even if they have high political connections. He assured that he will take strong action (sic),” Kejriwal tweeted.

The Delhi CM demanded death penalty for the five men, who reportedly were under the influence of alcohol when the incident occurred. “This can happen to anyone’s daughter. No matter how influential, politically connected a convict is, he should be hanged,” he said at a press briefing.

Earlier, the L-G had said that his head “hangs in shame over the inhuman crime in Kanjhawla-Sultanpuri today morning and I am shocked at the monstrous insensitivity of the perpetrators”.

It came after Delhi Police added sections of culpable homicide not amounting to murder against the five accused, according to Hindustan Times. Deputy Commissioner of Police (outer) Harendra K Singh said Sections 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and 34 (common intention) of the IPC were added to Section 279 (rash driving) and 304A (causing death by negligence) against the five men. The sections in which the case was lodged earlier were bailable, but Section 304 is not.

-INDIA NEWS STREAM