The Delhi Police have arrested a woman and her nephew, who were travelling on the two-wheeler that hit a Pakistani envoy’s car on Monday. Both have been accused of rash and negligent driving, among other charges.
The action came after Pakistan issued a strong statement seeking a thorough probe into the incident. Trouble began after Pakistan’s First Secretary Zirgham Raza’s car hit a woman and her nephew on a two-wheeler and an argument broke out.
The police soon reached the scene and escorted the diplomat away. A relative of the woman claims the driver was under the influence of alcohol and harassed her.
“My sister-in-law was on the bike with her nephew. The driver of the car had consumed alcohol and misbehaved with them. Instead of helping us, the police hid the official & his driver in JNU campus,” an eyewitness said.
The Pakistan High Commission lodged a strong protest and demanded a thorough probe. “This evening an unfortunate incident took place with a diplomat and official of the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi in which both were assaulted by a group of people,” the Foreign Office spokesman said in a brief statement.
“A protest has been lodged with the Indian government with a call to investigate the matter thoroughly and to bring the perpetrators to book,” the statement said. The spokesman said the two persons involved in the incident a First Secretary and his driver “sustained serious injuries” and had been provided medical treatment.
—PTI