The car was caught on CCTV driving around in North Delhi.
The five men arrested for dragging and killing a young Delhi woman in the early hours of the New Year have admitted that they knew the woman was stuck under the car, sources said today. They have reportedly told the police that they did not stop the car out of fear.
Anjali Singh, 20, was returning home with a friend on her scooter when she was hit by a car a little after 2 am. Her leg was stuck in the car's front wheel, and she was dragged away by the car, while her friend fell on the other side and suffered minor injuries.
Five men were arrested on January 1, hours after Anjali Singh was hit and dragged for 13 km from Sultanpuri to Kanjhawala in North Delhi. They have been charged with "culpable homicide not amounting to murder", rash driving, and causing death by negligence.
The men, who were allegedly drunk, told the police that they came to realise that the woman was caught under the car. They said they kept driving around the same area, wondering what to do, took multiple U-turns to shake off the body.
They also told the police that they were terrified of stopping the car as they believed they would be caught with a dead woman and would be charged with murder. They were especially worried, they said, because Amit Khanna, who was driving the car, does not have a driving license.
Anjali Singh's body was found at 4.40 am with her clothes ripped off and her skin peeled away. She died of more than 40 injuries, some so severe that her ribs were exposed from her back.