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Finance Ministry Official Killed in Delhi Ring Road Crash as Police Launch Forensic Probe

Police say an arrest will follow the driver’s hospital discharge after forensic processing.

Overview

  • Navjot Singh, a deputy secretary in the Finance Ministry’s Department of Economic Affairs, died after a BMW hit his motorcycle near the Dhaula KuanDelhi Cantt stretch on Sunday.
  • His wife, Sandeep Kaur, suffered critical injuries, while the BMW’s woman driver and her husband were also injured and admitted to hospital with statements yet to be recorded.
  • Witnesses reported the BMW was driven by a woman who struck the motorcycle from behind, and police suspect high speed and loss of control before the car overturned.
  • Both vehicles have been seized as a crime team and FSL examined the site, with CCTV analysis and blood sample testing underway and an FIR in process.
  • The injured couple were taken to Newlife Hospital in GTB Nagar, far from the crash site, prompting family questions and unverified allegations about the facility’s ties to the driver.