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Delhi Police Apprehend 16-Year-Old After Factory Worker Is Hit and Dragged 600 Metres

Officers used CCTV alongside preserved forensic evidence to trace the red car.

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Pedestrian Killed, As 16-Year-Old Car Driver Drags Man For 600 Metres In Samaypur Badli | Image: Republic

Overview

  • Sujeet Mandal, 32, was struck near his workplace in Phase-1, Badli Industrial Area at about 7:10 pm on Saturday.
  • CCTV footage shows he was trapped under a red car, dragged roughly half a kilometre, and the driver continued driving after the body fell away.
  • Police tracked the vehicle’s route and apprehended the alleged driver in Rohini after more than six hours.
  • The minor told officers a passerby warned him someone was wedged under the car, but he drove on out of fear of being beaten by the public.
  • Police registered a case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, and investigators preserved blood samples and a pair of black slippers from the scene.