BMW Crash Case: Accused Took Victims to Hospital Owned by Relative, Probe Reveals.
In a significant turn in the BMW crash case that killed senior Finance Ministry official Navjot Singh and injured his wife, investigators have found that the north Delhi hospital where accused Gaganpreet Kaur admitted the victims is owned by one of her relatives.
Police discovered the link on Tuesday while examining documents at Nulife Hospital in GTB Nagar, nearly 19 km from the crash site at Dhaula Kuan.
Kaur, 38, was arrested on Monday on charges including culpable homicide not amounting to murder after being discharged from hospital. A Delhi court has sent her to two days’ judicial custody and will hear her bail plea on Wednesday.
The revelation has intensified scrutiny over why Kaur drove past several trauma centres to take the victims to Nulife. In her police statement, she claimed she panicked and chose a hospital she was familiar with, as her daughter had been treated there during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Navjot’s family, however, has alleged that he was declared “brought dead” at a small facility where the accused couple received treatment before the crash victims. Investigators are now checking whether the hospital’s ownership influenced Kaur’s decision.
Police are also probing possible tampering of the accused’s medical records at the hospital. CCTV footage, treatment logs and admission details are being examined to establish the sequence of events and whether there was any delay or preferential treatment.
Navjot Singh, a Deputy Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs, was killed when his motorcycle was hit by the BMW on Sunday afternoon. His wife, Sandeep Kaur, remains in hospital with multiple fractures. In her statement, she said she pleaded with the accused to take them to the nearest hospital for urgent treatment.
The case has been registered under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, with charges of rash driving, culpable homicide not amounting to murder, endangering life and safety of others, and causing disappearance of evidence.
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