BMW driver 'deliberately delayed' informing police: Cops tell court
NEW DELHI, Sept. 25 -- The Delhi Police on Wednesday told a city court that Gaganpreet Makkad, who was behind the wheel of a BMW that mowed down 52-year-old Union finance ministry employee Navjot Singh, deliberately delayed informing police about the incident and "wasted golden hour trauma care" by admitting the victims to a nursing home.
The court later adjourned the matter to Thursday, asking the police to produce CCTV footage.
The submissions were made by additional public prosecutor Atul Shrivastava before judicial magistrate first class Ankit Garg of Patiala House Courts, while opposing Makkad's bail plea. Showing the court the website of Nulife Hospital, where the victims were admitted, Shrivastava said, "The hospital has 20% discount and it is not even a hospital. it is a nursing home.there are multiple hospitals just minutes away from the crash site at Dhaula Kuan."
Shrivastava contended the incident was fit to attract charges under Section 105 of BNS pertaining to culpable homicide not amounting to murder. htc...
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