Delhi BMW Crash: Accused Driver Gaganpreet To Remain In Judicial Custody Till September 27: Reports

New Delhi: The accused in the Delhi BMW accident case will remain in judicial custody as the Patiala House Court extended her judicial custody till September 27, reported News18. The court also adjourned her bail petition.

The accused, Gaganpreet Makkad, on Monday filed a bail application. The court will now hear her bail application on September 20. Navjot SIngh (52) a deputy secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs under the Finance Ministry was killed in the accident, while his wife, Sandeep Kaur was also injured.

Gaganpreet was arrested on Monday on charges of of culpable homicide not amounting to murder among other offences and was sent to two-day judicial custody.

The bail said that at around 1 pm on September 14, Kaur was driving her car, while her elder daughter aged seven years was seated in the passenger seat, and her younger daughter, husband, and a domestic help were seated in the rear seat.

The plea added, "While passing near Dhaula Kuan Metro Station, pillar number 67, the vehicle, in an unforeseen manner, struck the divider and flipped into the air, during which the motorcycle carrying two passengers came into contact with a DTC bus on the left." While Kaur and the co-passengers were injured, the plea said, both persons on the motorcycle "sustained injuries due to contact with the DTC bus".

"The incident was wholly accidental and in no manner attributable to any intention or negligence on the part of the applicant. No offence has been committed by the applicant," the plea said.

The accused claimed to have "fully cooperated" with the authorities.

Singh's wife in her statement alleged that she had requested Gaganpreet to take them to the nearest hospital, but she intentionally took them to a hospital 19 km away from the accident site.

Singh and his wife were coming back to their home in the Hari Nagar area of Delhi after visiting Bangla Sahib Gurudwara, when the BMW hit his bike from behind near Metro pillar number 67 on the Dhaula Kuan-Delhi Cantt stretch.