Sultanpuri Incident: Delhi court sends all 5 accused to police remand

Delhi's Rohini court on Monday sent the five men accused in the Sultanpuri accident case to three days of police remand. Delhi Police said that more charges could be added against the accused based on the post-mortem report of the 20-year-old woman. Scores of people gathered outside the Sultanpuri Police Station Monday and blocked traffic demanding punishment for the men who dragged a woman under their car.Delhi Police is looking into every angle in the Sultanpuri incident and investigation will be completed soon. Briefing the media in New Delhi, Special Commissioner of Delhi Police, Dr. SP Hooda said that Delhi Police has got three days custody of all five accused. He said, the accused will be taken to the scene of crime and a timeline will be established on the basis of CCTV footage and digital evidence. Hooda said, the forensic and legal teams are also assisting Delhi police and more charges could be added against the accused based on the post-mortem report of the woman.
Meanwhile, Commissioner of Delhi Police, Sanjay Arora urged people for maintaining peace in the National Capital. He said, the department will set an example in the case by taking the strictest legal action so that such incidents do not happen again. In a tweet, Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena said that he is monitoring the case with Delhi Police Commissioner and all aspects are being thoroughly looked into. Reacting to the incident, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal called it  shameful and said that the culprits should be punished.The incident has been condemned by all political parties. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal called the incident "shameful".

Spoke to Hon’ble LG on Kanjhawala incident. Requested him to take exemplary action against culprits, strictest sections of IPC shud be slapped against them. No leniency shud be showed even if they have high political connections.

He assured that he will take strong action

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) January 2, 2023

Delhi BJP working president Virendra Sachdev also took to Twitter to condemn the incident. he National Commission for Women, NCW  has taken cognizance of the case. NCW Chairperson Rekha Sharma has written to Delhi Police Commissioner to conduct a fair and time-bound investigation into the matter. The Commission has also sought that the victim's post-mortem must be conducted to ascertain whether the victim was sexually assaulted or not and to invoke relevant provisions in the FIR if allegations levelled by victim's mother are found to be true.