Teen held for mishap that killed 5

NEW DELHI: More than 40 hours after a speeding car claimed five lives in Kanhaiyya Nagar, northwest Delhi, the police on Saturday afternoon apprehended a juvenile who was at the wheels of the Scorpio that rammed into a Maruti 800. The boy has been booked for culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
The boy has been identified as the son of the owner of the car, who is a businessman in Rohini Sector 4.A senior police officer at Keshavpuram police station said, "The occupants of the car were traced to Rohini. After interrogation of four of the occupants, it was established that the car was driven by the son of the owner of the vehicle.''
DCP, Northwest, N.S Bundela said, "The boy was retuning from a marriage party at Jhandelwalan. Along with the other occupants, he was on his way to Rohini when the car met with the accident.'' The cops didn't divulge his age.
The accident took place near Kanhaiyya Nagar metro station on Thursday night when a family of five was returning from a marriage party at Alipur. The deceased included Rakesh (45), Uma(45), Mukul(20), Rishabh(11) and Tanvi(18).
Ruling out the possibility of the driver being drunk, Bundela said, "As of now, nothing has been found that suggests the driver was under the influence of alcohol. However the juvenile will undergo a medical examination.''
The kin of the family that got wiped out has accused the cops of losing crucial time in making the arrest. Mukesh Agarwal (45), who lost his eldest daughter, Tanvi, in the accident said, "No one can bring my family back but the accused needs to be punished. The family has already undergone so much of trauma and now the way cops have responded makes things even more painful.''
"Eyewitness accounts suggest that the car was at an abnormally high speed and it came like a bullet before hitting my brother's car. Beer bottles were reportedly found in the car,'' he said.
Mukesh said that given the fact that the car was recovered from the spot, the cops could have easily traced the owner of the car within hours and immediate action would have led to the arrests of the accused. Even their medical tests could have been carried out in time, but now so many hours after the incident, no way can it be proved whether the driver was drunk or not.''