Delhi BMW Crash: Police investigate hospital link; driver sent in 2-day judicial custody | Important updates

On Monday, the defendants in the BMW crash case that killed a finance ministry official were placed under two days of judicial prison. Police detained 38-year-old Gagandeep Kaur Makkad for operating the vehicle that struck 52-year-old Navjot Singh and his spouse in Dhaula Kuan.Singh, the Deputy Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs, passed away on Sunday night after a BMW struck his motorcycle on his way home from Bangla Sahib Gurdwara. Singh was accompanied by his spouse, who was also gravely hurt in the collision.A Delhi court placed the accused, Gagandeep Kaur Makkad, under two days of judicial detention. In light of this, the accused and her attorneys have petitioned the court for bail.Police are currently investigating a potential connection to the hospital where the man and his spouse were transported following the collision. Suspicion was raised by HT's earlier report that Singh and his wife were transported to a hospital 19 kilometers from the scene of the crash.

The accused claimed that they took the victim's family to the distant hospital in a hurry, despite the victim's relatives alleging a connection with the hospital staff. The accused allegedly led Navjot Singh and his spouse to Nulife Hospital in GTB Nagar, north Delhi, which is run by one of her cousins, according to a PTI report.According to police sources who spoke to news agency PTI, the accused woman's medical records, which were also treated at the same facility, may have been tampered with. A similar charge has also been brought by the victim's relatives, who claim that there is no documentation of Kaur and her family receiving hospital treatment.Makkad has been charged under sections 281, 125B, 105, and 238 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) with culpable homicide not amounting to murder, obstruction of evidence, reckless driving, and endangering lives, according to the FIR.