Delhi hit-&-run case live updates: Seventh accused in Kanjhawala death case surrenders before police

Police said they were looking for Anjali's phone and some jewellery she was wearing which may have fallen on the road when she was being dragged on the road.

Delhi Police have also claimed that they have analysed CCTV footage apart from the call detail records of the accused and Anjali and Nidhi and found no connection or communication between them, ruling out rumours that the accused and victims knew each other. Police said that Anjali and Nidhi exchanged 25-30 calls in the three days preceding the accident, indicating that they were in close contact, but didn't comment on whether they were friends.

“We are not happy with the police investigation. Going by what Nidhi (Anjali’s friend) said, the accused drove the car back and forth knowing that my daughter was stuck under the car. Isn’t that enough to prove that they deliberately killed her?” said Anjali’s mother Rekha. She also refuted Nidhi’s statement about Anjali being drunk and alleged she was “lying”.

Delhi Police commissioner Sanjay Arora has assigned some crime branch officers and a few experienced cops from other areas to assist in the investigation. They are part of the core team probing the case.

Special commissioner Sagar Preet Hooda said police had established that the accident took place between 2.04am and 2.06am and the body was found around 4.15am. "The distance between the place where the incident took place and the spot where the body was found is around 10-12km, but it is not possible to say for how long the body was dragged," he said.

Delhi Commission for Women’s chairperson Swati Maliwal has sought a CBI probe into the Kanjhawala hit-and-run case. She said that she was not satisfied with the probe so far.

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Special CP (law and order) Sagar Preet Hooda said 18 teams were working on the Kanjhawala case, where 20-year-old Anjali was struck and dragged by a car for several kilometres, and a chargesheet would be filed at the earliest. Police are also exploring legal options to get the case heard in a fast-track court, said the senior cop.