Kanjhawala case: Victim cremated; friend-turned-eyewitness claims 'she was drunk' - 10 points

The victim in Delhi hit-and-run case was cremated amid tight security on Tuesday. The case is taking newer turns each day. The deceased's friend who was along with her at the time of the accident has now claimed that the victim was in a drunken state, but insisted on driving the two-wheeler.

New Delhi: The post-mortem reports of the Kanjhawala case victim Anjali Singh revealed that she died of 'shock and hemorrhage', even as her mortal remains were shifted to her residence in Sultanpuri on Tuesday. The reports also ruled out the possibility of sexual assault. Interestingly, a friend of the victim who is also the eyewitness of the accident claimed that the victim was in a drunken state and insisted on riding the two-wheeler.

Here are the top developments in this big story so far:

1. The mortal remains of the 20-year-old woman who was killed after being hit and dragged by a car here were cremated amid heavy security on Tuesday evening. The remains were carried to the crematorium in an ambulance while her family members and neighbours walked alongside. Scores of people carrying banners that read "Anjali ko insaaf do (Give justice to Anjali)" also joined the funeral procession. They were accompanied by protesters demanding the accused be hanged.
2. The post-mortem report in possession of ETV Bharat stated the provisional cause of death as 'shock and hemorrhage due to antemortem injury to the head, spine, left femur, both lower limbs'. All injuries occurred due to blunt force impact and possibly with a vehicular accident and dragging. The report also indicated that there is no injury suggestive of sexual assault.
3. Delhi Special SP Sagar Preet Hooda said that the police now have an eye-witness to the incident -- another woman who accompanied Anjali on her scooty when the accident happened. Identified as Nidhi, the woman fled the site of an accident 'because she was scared', Hooda told the media. "She is being cooperative and we hope to get more details of the incident from her," he added.
4. Nidhi was riding the bike while Anjali was her pillion as captured on a CCTV footage that the police procured Tuesday while tracing the route of the deceased. The women swapped places before the accident, wherein Nidhi suffered injuries and fled from the spot.
5. Nidhi has claimed that Anjali was in a drunken state, but insisted on driving the two-wheeler. Speaking to ANI, Nidhi said, “She was in a drunken state but insisted on driving the two-wheeler. After being hit by the car, she came under the car, and got dragged with it. I was scared and went away and returned home, didn’t tell anything to anyone.”
6. “It is the fault of the girl who was driving in an inebriated state. I insisted to her so much that don’t drive, I am conscious, let me drive. She didn’t believe me and believed herself,” Nidhi added. The Delhi Police have found CCTV footage in which Anjali and Nidhi were seen coming out of a hotel at around 1.30 am on January 1.
7. The hotel manager has revealed that the deceased woman Anjali and her friend, identified by police as Nidhi, had a fight in the hotel after which they left the hotel on a scooty. “Both of them were arguing. When I told them not to fight, they went downstairs and started fighting, after which both of them went on a scooty,” said Hotel Manager (the hotel from where the deceased and her friend left).
8. According to the Delhi Police, some boys have been detained for questioning who were seen with the girls at the hotel. The boys had a separate room booked and the hotel staff saw them talking to the girl, the police also informed.
9. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday spoke to Anjali's bereaved mother, and announced a compensation of Rs 10 lakhs to her family. He also assured justice for Anjali. "Talked to the victim's mother. Will get justice for the daughter. Will field the biggest lawyer," he said in a tweet.
10. Police sources on Tuesday revealed that the driver of the Maruti car in question, Deepak Khanna, had grown doubtful about 'something being stuck' in the carriage of the car sometime after it hit the victim Anjali's scooty on Sunday. But the other four onboard the car did not think so and asked him to drive on. 'It's nothing', they allegedly told him as they took a pass on Deepak's suggestion to 'check it once'.