Delhi Police has arrested another person in the Kanjhawala case in which a woman was dragged for 12 kilometres by a car that hit her scooter, officials said on Friday. The police have identified the accused, the sixth person to be arrested in the case, as Ashutosh.
Ashutosh was arrested this morning for trying to help the other five men in a cover-up. It has been revelaed that he misled the Delhi Police with false information as the CCTV footage showed that Ashutosh was caught seen receiving car keys from the accused two hours after the murder.
Ashutosh tried to hide the fact that Amit Khanna was driving without a licence and after he informed Ankush about the accident, the latter allegedly convinced Deepak, a Gramin Seva driver, to tell the police that he was behind the wheel at the time of the accident.
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But in the latest development, the sources have said that Deepak Khanna, one of the accused in the Delhi hit-and-run case, was at home when 20-year-old Anjali was hit, dragged for 12 kilometres, killing her on New year's day.
A search is on for Ankush, the seventh accused.
Police so far have arrested six men including Deepak Khanna, Manoj Mittal, Amit Khanna, Krishan, Mithun and Ashutosh (owner of the car).
"In (the) Sultanpuri case, sixth accused Ashutosh has been arrested who had given false information to the police. Further investigation is on," Special Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Sagar Preet Hooda said.
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Five men, who were arrested hours after the hit-and-run incident, have been charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder, causing death by negligence and criminal conspiracy. They were taken to Sanjay Gandhi hospital on Thursday night for a medical examination.The five accused arrested earlier allegedly borrowed the car under which the woman was dragged from Ashutosh.
On Thursday, the police said they were looking for two suspects who were allegedly involved in shielding the five accused who dragged the woman under their car.
Earlier, the police had arrested Deepak Khanna (26), Amit Khanna (25), Krishan (27), Mithun (26) and Manoj Mittal in the case.
Ankush is the brother of accused Amit Khanna.
A 20-year-old woman was killed in the early hours of New Year after her scooter was hit by the car which dragged her for 12 kilometres from Sultanpuri to Kanjhawala.
(With PTI Inputs)
