Rajesh Lilothia, A Congress Leader, Lost His Wife In A Car Accident

Police in north Delhi’s Kashmere Gate neighbourhood said that Congress leader Rajesh Lilothia’s wife died in an early-morning collision in which a speeding four-wheeler allegedly struck her car.

Sagar Singh Kalsi, the deputy commissioner of police for the north, reported that the Kashmere Gate police station had received a PCR call about an accident.

When the police arrived, they discovered a Baleno car that had been involved in an accident and that the victim had already been taken by CAT Ambulance to a trauma centre.

He said that Madhu Rajesh Lilothia, a 55-year-old inhabitant of Anand Parvat, was declared dead at the hospital at 6.03 am.

According to Kalsi, the accused driver of the offending car was located using CCTV footage and then detained.

According to him, it was discovered throughout the course of the investigation that the dead is the wife of Rajesh Lilothia, a former Congress Member.

At the Kashmere Gate police station, a case was filed under sections 279 (rash driving or riding on a public way) and 304 A (causing death by negligence) of the Indian Criminal Code, he said.

“It was a blind accident case as there was no clue about the offending vehicle. A team was formed and each and every member of team was tasked accordingly. In order to ascertain any clue, local sources were also deployed and main focus was given on CCTV cameras to get clue from Anand Parvat to Shahadra flyover and this helped the team the offending vehicle which was a Maruti Bareza,” he added.

On the basis of technical surveillance, the offender and the offending vehicle were traced in the area of Seelampur, the police said.

The accused driver identified as Zainul confessed his involvement in the accident case and stated that the accident took place during the morning hours and he fled from the spot to evade his arrest, they added.

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