Sultanpuri Accident: Rs. 10,000 or a Life? Laws Exist But Horror Keeps Repeating; What Can be Done
1 year, 11 months ago

Sultanpuri Accident: Rs. 10,000 or a Life? Laws Exist But Horror Keeps Repeating; What Can be Done

News 18  

After the horrific incident in Delhi’s Sultanpuri, where a woman died after being dragged for 7kms by a car, similar cases are being reported from across India. A 2019 report in India Spend states that according to data, the two most common causes of road deaths are speeding and drunk driving, followed by a lack of lane discipline, jumping red lights, and using a mobile phone while driving. The report also stated that MORTH data showed that in 2018, 26% of all road accidents involved drivers who did not have a valid licence or were driving with a learner’s licence. According to the WHO’s 2018 Global Road Safety report, India had approximately 300,000 road deaths in 2016, nearly double the government estimate of 151,000 deaths, highlighting the lack of quality road accident data. A parliamentary panel in 2017 recommended that drunk drivers who cause death be tried for culpable homicide not amounting to murder, and that an accident caused by drunk driving be treated as a planned crime rather than an act of “negligence,” as is currently the case.

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Drink driving cases in Delhi see uptick of 27% this year
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Drink driving cases in Delhi see uptick of 27% this year

Hindustan Times  

The Capital has seen a 27% increase in the number of drink driving cases in the first six months this year as compared to the corresponding period last year. Section 185 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, states that if a person is found driving a vehicle with a blood alcohol content of more than 30 grams of alcohol per …

Citizens unhappy over ineffective campaign to check drink-driving cases
7 months ago

Citizens unhappy over ineffective campaign to check drink-driving cases

Hindustan Times  

Citizens and activists claim that the Pune police campaigns against drunk driving has been ineffective. They said the data released by the police of action against 1,152 individuals for drunk driving in the past two and a half years is very less as thousands of youngsters and citizens of different age are seen visiting pubs and hotels across the city. …

Strengthen laws to deter drink driving
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Strengthen laws to deter drink driving

Hindustan Times  

The high prevalence of drunk driving on the national Capital’s roads points to the failure of punitive provisions. Official data shows a sharp spike in drunk driving fines this year up to March 31, compared with the corresponding period last year. As per a 2023 report by IIT-Delhi researchers, official data pegs driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs …

Delhi's Sultanpuri hit-and-drag case: Chargesheet cites 117 witnesses
1 year, 8 months ago

Delhi's Sultanpuri hit-and-drag case: Chargesheet cites 117 witnesses

Hindustan Times  

Three months after a 20-year-woman was killed after being dragged under a car for nearly 14 kilometers in outer Delhi’s Sultanpuri early on January 1, Delhi Police on Saturday filed an 800-page charge sheet in the case, citing 117 witnesses to charged four of the seven accused with murder. Read here: Walkar, Sultanpuri cases exposed policing lacunae: Delhi LG The …

Sultanpuri accident case: Murder charges added against 7 suspects
1 year, 11 months ago

Sultanpuri accident case: Murder charges added against 7 suspects

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi Police have added murder charges under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code to the first information report registered in the gruesome death of a 20-year-old woman in the Sultanpuri drag and murder case, a police spokesperson said on Tuesday. Police said they added murder charges after collecting “physical, oral, forensic and other scientific evidence.” Under section 304, …

Sultanpuri Accident: Murder Charges Invoked Against Men in Car Who Dragged Woman For 12 km
1 year, 11 months ago

Sultanpuri Accident: Murder Charges Invoked Against Men in Car Who Dragged Woman For 12 km

News 18  

In the Kanjhawala hit-and-run case, the Delhi police on Tuesday added murder charges against men who hit a 20-year-old woman and dragged her by a car in the early hours of New Year in national capital’s Sultanpuri. Anjali Singh was allegedly dragged for around 13 kilometers after her scooty collided with a grey Maruti Suzuki Baleno with five drunk men …

Delhi Sultanpuri Accident: 2 More People Involved, Say Cops; All Accused Sent to 4-Day Police Custody
1 year, 11 months ago

Delhi Sultanpuri Accident: 2 More People Involved, Say Cops; All Accused Sent to 4-Day Police Custody

News 18  

Delhi Sultanpuri Accident Updates: A Delhi court on Thursday sent all five men, accused of causing the death of the woman who was hit by a car and dragged a long distance in the national capital, to four-day police custody. Earlier in the day, the Delhi Police made new revelations during a press briefing on the accident case in which …

Sultanpuri horror: Autopsy shows no sign of alcohol, says family doc
1 year, 11 months ago

Sultanpuri horror: Autopsy shows no sign of alcohol, says family doc

Hindustan Times  

The family doctor of the woman, who was killed after being hit and dragged by a car here, rejected her friend's claims that she was heavily drunk on the night of the incident, saying the autopsy report did not find any trace of alcohol in her stomach. The victim's friend had earlier said the five men accused of dragging the …

Does India need Australia's ignition interlock system to curb drunk driving?
1 year, 11 months ago

Does India need Australia's ignition interlock system to curb drunk driving?

India Today  

The festive seasons in India often witness significantly high incidences of drunk driving, and consequently, we get gruesome incidents like the Delhi Kanjhawala case ever so often. However, Australia uses a novel technology called the “ignition interlock system” that does not require a cop to catch the drunk driver — the car will just not start if the driver is …

'Bengaluru, be aware of drunk driving,' cops warn ahead of New Year celebrations
2 years ago

'Bengaluru, be aware of drunk driving,' cops warn ahead of New Year celebrations

Hindustan Times  

Ahead of Christmas and New Year celebrations, Bengaluru traffic police warned residents not to indulge in drunk driving. 'Bengaluru, be aware of drunk driving,' cops warn ahead of New Year celebrations Bengaluru’s new traffic commissioner MA Saleem said that a total of 146 drunk driving cases were registered in Bengaluru on Friday night. He tweeted, “On the night of 23 …

Data Point | Who is the median road accident victim in India?
2 years, 3 months ago

Data Point | Who is the median road accident victim in India?

The Hindu  

The 2021 edition of ‘Analysis of Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India’ brings out the overall trend in road accident deaths and some intriguing deviations at the State-level On September 4, former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry, 54, died in a car accident while he was on his way to Mumbai from Ahmedabad. Last year, despite a significant reduction in …

Will educate locals near Panchgaon Chowk on traffic rules, say Gurugram cops
2 years, 6 months ago

Will educate locals near Panchgaon Chowk on traffic rules, say Gurugram cops

Hindustan Times  

The Gurugram traffic police will hold a meeting with the people residing near Panchgaon Chowk on National Highway 48 — which is considered one of the most unsafe stretches in the city — next week to discuss and spread awareness on how to avoid road accidents, and also urge them to not drive on the wrong side, said the officials …

Kolkata reports 219 drink-drive cases in last six days
2 years, 10 months ago

Kolkata reports 219 drink-drive cases in last six days

India Today  

Kolkata has recorded 219 cases of drink-driving in just six days. A police officer was quoted by Times of India as saying, an accident took place near Sulekha crossing last Saturday, where one person lost his life and six others were injured when a 33-year-old man allegedly drove a sedan under the influence of alcohol.’’ Breathalyzer tests reintroduced in the …

Year begins on foul note for 2,500 caught driving drunk
2 years, 11 months ago

Year begins on foul note for 2,500 caught driving drunk

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: For more than 2,500 people in the twin cities, ringing in the new year is likely to remain a memory that they will carry with them for a long time, particularly after being caught by the police for driving their vehicles in a drunken condition. The Hyderabad police caught the most drunk drivers, 1,300, followed by 873 cases from …

Drunk driving claims four lives in Hyderabad
3 years ago

Drunk driving claims four lives in Hyderabad

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: A total of three road accidents due to drunk driving claimed four lives and left four more injured within a span of 24 hours in the city. In the first case, Rohit Goud, 29, a realtor, was arrested by the Banjara Hills Police for killing two men, both employees of a private hospital, by running them over with his …

Hyderabad pubs, bars booked as drunk drivers meet with accidents
3 years, 3 months ago

Hyderabad pubs, bars booked as drunk drivers meet with accidents

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Cases have been booked against six to seven pubs and bars by the Cyberabad police after verifying that their customers were involved in drunk driving accidents. “In drunk driving accidents, particularly fatal ones, we launch a probe and backtrack to the place where they consumed alcohol,” said S. Vijay Kumar, the DCP of Cyberabad traffic police. The drive that …

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