A five-member special investigation team (SIT) has been formed to conduct a detailed investigation into the hit-and-run case involving a Delhi woman riding her sportbike on Golf Course Road on Sunday, police said on Wednesday.
It had remained at the victim’s home since the crash. The victim asked Bainsla to maintain a safe distance while driving his white Maruti Ciaz instead of coming dangerously close to her.
A senior police official said the SIT will examine, among other angles, whether accused Kalyan Bainsla deliberately attempted to kill the victim, Shivani “Sia” Chauhan, by ramming her with the car he was driving. “This accident has now not only elements of road rage but also factors of crime against women,” the official said. Expressing satisfaction over the formation of the SIT, he said the family was extending all cooperation to the police. Chauhan, a Delhi resident, was on a pleasure ride with a group of fellow bikers when Bainsla allegedly spotted and chased her on GCR while making obscene gestures, police said.
The SIT was formed by deputy commissioner of police (East) Sandeep Kumar on Tuesday and will be headed by assistant commissioner of police (Crime Against Women) Susheela, officials said. Susheela reached Gurugram and questioned the victim on Wednesday to establish what happened during the incident. Police also seized the damaged motorcycle on Wednesday. Officials said the Haryana state commission for women took cognisance of the incident on Tuesday and wrote to Gurugram police seeking a proper investigation, following which the SIT was formed. Meanwhile, Bainsla and his cousin Lavnish, who were arrested from Rajasthan’s Dausa on Tuesday, were produced before a city court and taken on two-day police remand.
