Sadis Accident In India, Women Collised By Car And Her Body Dragged Throughout 10 Km

Illustration of the city of Delhi Photo by Rehan Fazal on Unsplash

JAKARTA - The traffic accident that happened to a 20-year-old woman in India's capital Delhi on January 1, caused a stir in the country.

The woman just returned from work in the early hours of the morning after New Year's celebrations. He brought a scooter that collided with a car.

There were five people in the car. Worse, the car continued to walk 10 km while dragging the woman's body.

From a number of CCTV footage, it can be seen that the woman's body is under the car.

Road accidents are actually common in India - and kill hundreds of thousands of people every year. But this is different.

Considered this dire case has received national attention and resulted in extensive media coverage, reported by the BBC, Tuesday, January 3.

The Indian Express newspaper reported that the woman's body was dragged along the road for nearly an hour. What's strange is that this accident occurred at New Year's celebrations - when thousands of police were deployed to patrol the streets of Delhi -

The five men in the car are in police custody and have not made any statements.

The family doesn't just believe that the victim died in an accident. They suspect the victim was harassed first because of his naked condition when he was found.

But Indian police dismissed the dugaan.

"All injuries occurred due to blunt object collisions and were likely due to a vehicle accident and dragged. In addition, the report shows that no injuries led to sexual assault," according to a statement from Delhi senior police official Sagar Preet bagia.

The perpetrators admitted that they did not hear the victim's screams because they were playing loud music in the car. Reports say the people were drunk.