Kanjhawala death case: Post-mortem report of Delhi girl rules out sexual assault

New Delhi, January 3:  In a significant development in the Kanjhawala case, the post-mortem rxamination (PME) has ruled out any injury suggestive of 'sexual assault', the police said on Tuesday.

The post-mortem was conducted by a three-member medical board at Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC), New Delhi, on January 2, in case FIR no. 2/23 Sultanpuri Police Station. Special CP, Law and Order, Delhi, SP Hooda said the report stated the provisional cause of death as "shock and haemorrhage due to antemortem injury to the head, spine, left femur, and both lower limbs".

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All injuries are produced by the impact of blunt force which is possible with vehicular accidents and dragging. Also, the report indicated that there is no injury suggestive of sexual assault, he said. The final report will be received in due course. Further investigation into the case is underway.

A 20-year-old woman, identified as Anjali, was killed in the early hours of New Year after her scooty was hit by a car and she was reportedly dragged for 13 km under the vehicle on the city's roads.

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Earlier on Monday, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer District), Harendra K Singh, informed that five persons had been arrested in the Kanjhawala case and a case under Section 304 A (death due to negligence) of the IPC was registered against them. They were produced before a court in Delhi's Rohini which sent them to three days of police custody for interrogation.