Overview

• Police confirmed that Himanshu Kumar, son of ACP Rajesh Kumar Lohan, was driving the Mahindra Thar that fatally ran over property dealer Manoj Kumar in Sector 12 around 1:30 am on September 22.
• Himanshu Kumar, Nishant Sehrawat and Keshav Chaudhary were arrested late Tuesday and remanded to 14 days’ judicial custody on Wednesday.
• Investigators reverted the FIR to Section 105 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) with Sections 3(4) and 54, dropping Section 103(1) for murder after review.
• The SUV is registered to ACP Lohan, and police say no liquor was found in the vehicle as blood samples, CCTV footage and call data are examined.
• The victim’s family alleges intoxication and a cover-up by police, keeping intense scrutiny on the handling of the case.