SIT Formed, Maharashtra Bureaucrat's Son Named As Accused For Assaulting Girlfriend

Maharashtra bureaucrat's son Ashwajit Gaikwad and two others have been named accused in the case after his girlfriend alleged he tried to mow down her. Now, an SIT has been formed to probe the case.

Priya Singhm model and social media ifluncer. ( Image Source :Instagram | @priyasingh_official )

Thane police in Maharashtra has formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) under DCP Zone 5 Amar Singh Jadhav to probe the case where influencer Priya Singh accused his boyfriend Ashwajit Anil Gaikwad and others of mowing down her. Thane Commissioner of Police, Jai Jeet Singh said that all aspects are being considered in the case.

"Statements of witnesses are being recorded and forensic evidence is being collected," Singh said, as quoted by news agency ANI.

#UPDATE | For a thorough investigation, an SIT has been formed under DCP Zone 5 Amar Singh Jadhav in the case in which Ashwajit Anil Gaikwad and others have been named as accused. All aspects are being considered. Statements of witnesses are being recorded and forensic evidence… https://t.co/9IxCIZjhwo

— ANI (@ANI) December 17, 2023

Earlier, Priya Singh said that she sustained serious injuries after her boyfriend, who is the son of a senior bureaucrat in Maharashtra, allegedly tried to mow her down with his car near a hotel in Thane, police said on Friday. The incident took place on December 11 and the police registered a case against accused Ashwajit Gaikwad and two others under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 279 (rash driving), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) and others at the Kasarvadavali police station.

"I had a four-and-a-half-year relationship with my boyfriend. We were completely in love with each other. I did not know earlier that he was married. Later, when I came to know he told me that they (his wife & him) were not together anymore, they had separated. He said that he wanted to marry me. I was staying with him for a long time," she told ANI.

"When I went to meet him that night, he was with his wife. I was in shock when I went to talk to him, he got aggressive. We had a fight. Three bones in my right leg are broken, it has been operated on. From my left shoulder to my hips I've deep injuries...I cannot move my body. Four days ago I went to file an FIR, the day all this happened. But no action was taken. Today, when I posted on the social media, the police have supported me today..." Priya further said.