BMW crash: Delhi court sends woman accused to 2-day judicial custody

A Delhi court on Monday sent Gaganpreet Kaur 38 the woman accused of driving the BMW involved in a crash that killed a senior Finance Ministry official and left his wife injured to twoday judicial custody The accident occurred near Dhaula Kuan in southwest Delhi on SundayDuty Magistrate Akanksha Singh remanded Kaur after she was produced before the court from her residence Her counsel senior advocate Vikas Pahwa said custodial interrogation was not requiredThe court also issued notices to Delhi Police and the victimsrsquo family on Kaurrsquos bail application and directed them to file their replies by Monday when the matter will next be heardKaur was arrested on charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder and other offences after being discharged from hospitalThe Gurugram couple was admitted to hospital for treatment following the accident After Gaganpreet Kaur was discharged she was taken into custody for further questioning and legal proceedings before being formally arrestedPolice have registered a case under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita citing sections 281 rash driving or riding on a public way 125B acts endangering life or personal safety of others 105 culpable homicide not amounting to murder and 238 causing disappearance of evidence of offence or giving false information to screen offenderThe FIR also raised questions over the handling of the aftermath with allegations that Kaur took the victims Navjot Singh and his wife Sandeep Kaur to a healthcare facility over 19 kilometres from the accident site instead of a nearby hospital The victimsrsquo family claimed that Gaganpreet and her husband were treated first despite their injuriesDeputy Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs Navjot Singh 52 a resident of Hari Nagar was killed in the accident on the Ring Road near Delhi Cantonment Metro station His wife sustained serious injuries The couple was returning home after visiting the Bangla Sahib GurdwaraThe luxury BMW and the twowheeler involved in the collision have been seized and forensic examination of the accident site has been conducted police saidBMW crash puts spotlight on Delhirsquos road safety recordThe death of a senior Finance Ministry official in a car crash has once again highlighted Delhirsquos persistently high number of fatal accidents involving twowheelers with official data showing the city continues to lose nearly four lives on its roads every dayDeputy Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs Navjot Singh 52 a resident of Hari Nagar was killed in the accident on the Ring Road near the Delhi Cantonment Metro station on Sunday afternoon His wife sustained serious injuries The couple was returning home after visiting the Bangla Sahib GurdwaraGaganpreet Kaur 38 the woman allegedly driving the BMW involved in the crash was arrested on charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder and other offences on Monday after being discharged from hospitalDelhi Traffic Police data for 2024 show that 2325 accidents involving twowheelers were recorded in the city Of these 1737 were categorised as lsquosimplersquo while 588 were lsquofatalrsquo The crashes left 2234 people injured and 611 dead Fatal accidents accounted for 2529 per cent of the total underscoring the serious risks faced by bikers and scooter riders who make up a large portion of Delhirsquos trafficBetween January 1 and April 15 this year 669 twowheeler accidents were reported including 136 fatal crashes and 533 simple accidents resulting in 696 injuries and 141 deaths in just 15 weeksFrom January to May 2025 Delhi Police recorded 2235 road accidents across all categories which led to 577 fatalities and 2187 injuriesWith PTI inputs