The accused driver in the BMW car crash that killed Finance Ministry official Navjot Singh, Gaganpreet Kaur Makkad on Monday, stated that she could not recall the cause of the accident. The 38-year-old resident of Gurugram, Haryana, was arrested by Delhi Police earlier in the day. During the investigation, Delhi Police stated that Kaur mentioned she was traveling from Gurugram to her house along with her husband, two children (a 6-year-old daughter and a 4-year-old son), and their maid.
While she could not recall how the accident happened, she stated that when public pulled her out of the vehicle, she saw the deceased and injured on the road. On being asked, why she did not take them to the nearby hospital, Kaur revealed that she was in a panic and only knew of this hospital as her children were admitted there during Covid-19. According to Delhi police, Kaur used to assist her husband in the business of cloth-based horse saddles. The blood sample report regarding allegations of intoxication is still awaited.
What did Delhi Police say?
“Gaganpreet Makkad was arrested during the investigation. She stated that she, along with her husband, 2 kids (6-year-old daughter, 4-year-old son) and maid were going from Gurugram to her house. During further interrogation, she could not recall the cause of the accident. She stated that the public took her out of the vehicle. She saw the deceased and injured on the road. In the meantime, the driver of the Portar Van Gulfam stopped the van. He stated that the public got the deceased and his wife in the car. Later, a lady came into the front seat and asked him to go to the Hospital in Azadpur,” Delhi Police told ANI.
Dhaula Kuan BMW accident case: The woman driver of the BMW car, Gaganpreet Kaur, aged 38 years, resident of Gurugram, Haryana, arrested by Delhi Police pic.twitter.com/GyWFYp6Dw7
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About the accident
Finance Ministry official, Navjot Singh was killed after being hit by a BMW in Delhi’s Dhaula Kuan area on Sunday. Singh, a resident of Hari Nagar was returning home from Bangla Sahib Gurudwara with his wife. The accident occurred near Metro pillar number 57, on the stretch from Dhaula Kuan towards Raja Garden. The couple was riding a motorcycle when they were struck by a car.
Navjot’s son, Navnoor, has alleged multiple irregularities, stating, “There are many superspeciality hospitals near Dhaula Kuan and AIIMS too, if they had been sent there, he could have been saved.”
Navnoor informed that he had just returned from a friend’s house when he received a text from his mother saying that she was going to Gurdwara Bangla Sahib. He added that she did not pick up his call, and later, a family friend told him about the fatal accident. He said, “I got a call from a family friend who told me about the accident and that my parents are admitted to Nulife Hospital in GTB Nagar. The accident happened around 1 or 1.30 pm, a girl driving a BMW hit my parents’ motorcycle.”
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