Kanjhawala case: Report says ‘all accused had consumed alcohol’


The Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) Rohini on Friday handed over the blood sample report of all the accused in the Kanjhawala Death case, to the Delhi Police, sources said. According to the details of the report, as per sources, all the four accused who were in the car had ‘consumed’ alcohol. In another development in the case, On the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) recommendation, the Delhi Police on Friday suspended 11 police personnel for their alleged negligence while being on duty, when the gruesome accident occurred in the city’s Kanjhawala on January 1. The case pertains to the gruesome January 1 incident in which 20-year-old Anjali Singh, who was riding a scooter, was found dead on the street after being allegedly hit and dragged for several kilometres by a car driven by five youths in Outer Delhi’s Khanjawala area. “As approved by the competent authority, a total of 11 Policemen of Rohini District deployed enroute at PCRs and pickets have been suspended,” the Delhi Police said. Notably, among the suspended police personnel, five were on two pickets and six personnel were on three PCRs who have been suspended. Earlier on Thursday, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) took cognizance of the detailed Delhi Police report prepared by Special Commissioner of Police Shalini Singh, the ministry recommended suspending police personnel deployed in three PCR vans and at two police pickets. These police personnel were on duty at the time of the incident.