NEW DELHI, India
\nThe gruesome death of a 20-year-old woman in India\u2019s capital Delhi on 1 January has shocked the country.
\nNews reports say the woman, who was an event manager, was returning from work in the early hours of New Year\u2019s Day when her scooter collided with a car.
\nPolice say the driver of the car, which was carrying four other passengers, kept going for miles, dragging the woman\u2019s body along.
\nSeveral CCTV videos have emerged that show the body underneath the car.
\nRoad accidents are common in India – and kill hundreds of thousands of people every year – but this particularly horrific case has gained national attention and generated widespread media coverage.
\nThe Indian Express newspaper reported that the woman\u2019s body was pulled along the road for almost an hour, and that witnesses made at least five calls to the police before it was located. That this occurred at New Year – when thousands of policemen had been deployed to patrol Delhi\u2019s roads – has only added to the questions around the case.
\nThe five men in the car are in police custody and have not made any statements yet.
\nWhile the police continue their investigation – the federal home ministry has ordered a swift inquiry – the woman\u2019s family says they are stunned.
\n\u201cMy daughter was very cheerful. She loved making Instagram Reels,\u201d her mother told BBC Hindi.
\nThe 20-year-old was also the sole breadwinner of her family – her father died some years ago, and her mother had to stop working because of an illness.
\n\u201cWe don\u2019t even have money to perform her last rites,\u201d her mother said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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