Kanjhawala Case: Exclusive Footage Raises New Questions, Autopsy Rules Out Sexual Assault

The inital postmortem report suggested that the girl was not gangraped, an allegation that was leveled by the victim's family, and added that there has been no injury to private parts of the victim.

New Delhi: In another development in the Kanjhawala case, a new CCTV footage has emerged from a shop near the incident spot where police personnel could be seen near the place where a 20-year-old woman was dragged for 12 kilometres by a car after her scooty collided. In the CCTV footage, a police van could be seen passing through the CCTV camera at around 3:25 am while two policemen could be seen walking seconds after that. 

As per the shop owners, the scooter was recovered just 50-100 metres away from where this CCTV camera was located. 

Meanwhile, the inital post-mortem report suggested that the girl was not gang-raped, an allegation that was levelled by the victim's family. "The autopsy of the deceased woman was conducted at Maulana Azad Medical College. The report states the provisional cause of death as shock and haemorrhage due to ante-mortem injury to head, spine, left femur, and both lower limbs," Sagar Preet Hooda, Special Commissioner of Police, Law & Order, Delhi, said.

The report also added that there has been no injury to private parts of the victim. "All injuries occurred due to blunt force impact and possibly with a vehicular accident and dragging. Also, the report indicates that there is no injury suggestive of sexual assault," Hooda said.

Investigation into the Kanjhawala case revealed earlier that the victim was not riding the scooter alone and was accompanied by a friend who fled the spot at the time of the accident. The friend was earlier riding the scooter, informed sources close to ABP News. 

At 1:31 am on January 1, both the victim and her friend were seen coming out of a hotel after a New Year’s party and the friend, in a red T-shirt was seen riding the scooter while the victim, in a pink t-shirt, sat on the backseat. 

After covering some distance, the victim said to ride the scooter after which they changed their places and later the incident happened where the victim's scooter hit a car and her leg got entangled in the axle of the car and got dragged for nearly 12 kilometres.