Another accused arrested in Gurugram hit-and-run case
New Delhi: The Gurugram Police have arrested another accused in the city’s hit-and-run incident, taking the total number of arrests in the case to two, police officials said.
Lavanish, who was present in the car with the accused driver Kalyan Bainsla at the time of the incident, was arrested from Haryana’s Palwal, police officials added on Tuesday.
Earlier on Tuesday, Bainsla was arrested from Rajasthan’s Dausa.
Previously, the police in Gurugram had added an attempt-to-murder charge to the FIR registered in connection with the hit-and-run case involving woman biker Sia after she and her family approached the police seeking stringent action against the accused.
The police took suo motu cognisance of a video of a car hitting a female biker on Golf Course Road and registered a case at Gurugram’s Sector-56 police station. After conducting a thorough investigation and analysing CCTV footage, the police added Section 109 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for attempt to murder, which carries a punishment of up to 10 years.
The accused car driver will also be arrested soon, officials said.
The Gurugram Police warned that lawlessness will not be tolerated at any cost.
Officials said that they are committed to taking strict action against the perpetrators.
The development comes after Sia’s family submitted her written statement to Inspector Manoj Kumar, the Station House Officer (SHO) of Gurugram’s Sector-56 police station.
The police are also recording her detailed statement as part of the investigation.
Earlier, speaking to IANS, Deepankar Chauhan, Siya’s brother, said: “Yesterday, we submitted Sia’s written statement to the SHO of Sector-56, Gurugram. Today, the SHO himself is coming here to record her verbal statement. Sia is experiencing severe muscle pain and muscle pulls, and her health has also deteriorated amid all this stress and hassle. We had requested the SHO to come here to record her statement. We want the strictest sections and maximum charges to be pressed against them (the accused). Primarily, let me state that we will push for charges of attempt to murder, hit-and-run and harassment.”