Driver nabbed after SUV rams van in southwest Delhi; two women in ICU
New Delhi (PTI): A 30-year-old man, who allegedly rammed his SUV into another vehicle, leaving five women passengers injured in southwest Delhi, has been arrested, police said on Tuesday.
Two of the injured women are still in the ICU, they added.
"The accident took place around 4.52 am on November 23 near Bhikaji Cama Place. Police reached the spot and found the van in damaged condition, while the occupants -- aged between 35 and 63 -- were rushed to Safdarjung Hospital by a PCR unit," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southwest) Amit Goel said, adding that a case under relevant provisions was registered in this connection.
Police said the offending vehicle could not be identified initially due to poor lighting, multiple escape routes and unreadable number plates, with investigators examining footage from over 600 CCTV cameras across AIIMS, Hauz Khas, Africa Avenue Road, IIT Flyover, Lado Sarai and Saket to trace the accused.
"Eventually, the team identified an SUV with a damaged right headlight and extensive impact marks. CCTV footage showed the vehicle being driven on the rim of its right front wheel for more than 10 km after the tyre had burst in the collision," the DCP said.
A breakthrough came when residents in Saket area informed police that a damaged SUV had entered a local lane early that morning.
Further inquiry led police to Dinesh Kumar Sankla, whose son Chanakya Sankla had been using the vehicle.
"Chanakya, who works in garments marketing and has no previous criminal involvement, was apprehended and he confessed to hitting the van while driving home from a dinner in Netaji Nagar. He later sent the damaged SUV to a service centre in Okhla, from where it was seized," the DCP added.
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Stalin accuses Centre of trying to use women's quota as 'weapon,' slams EPS over delimitation
Chennai (PTI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has strongly criticised the Centre over the women's reservation and accused it of trying to use it as a "weapon" to tackle the opposition before taking up the delimitation exercise based on population.
"The Union government is not concerned about implementing reservations for women. If their concerns were genuine, they could have done it right away. Rather than doing that, the BJP-led Centre is thinking of using it as a weapon to tackle opposition and take up the delimitation exercise based on population," he told PTI in an interview.
"Hence, the women's reservation must be implemented immediately without showing delimitation as a reason," the DMK president added.
Expressing apprehensions on the proposed delimitation exercise, the CM said it was the DMK that raised the first voice asserting the rights of the state after realising that Tamil Nadu would be affected by the proposed exercise. He also attacked his rival and AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami over the delimitation issue.
Recalling efforts made by the DMK to raise the issue of population-based delimitation, he said an all-party meeting and a meeting of CMs under the auspices of the Joint Action Committee seeking fair delimitation were convened. It sought to freeze delimitation for 25 years and stick to it based on the 1971 Census population.
"We urged the union government that states which successfully implemented population control programmes must not be punished," he added.
The party came up with "Tamil Nadu poradum, Tamil Nadu vellum" (Tamil Nadu will struggle, Tamil Nadu will win) and this is DMK's stand, he said.
"However, Palaniswami, who is seeking votes for the entry of the BJP through the backdoor, has till date been mute over delimitation, and this is a betrayal of the people of Tamil Nadu."
