Delhi BMW Crash: Woman Driver Arrested After Victim’s Wife Alleges Hospital Plea Was Denied

The driver of the BMW that fatally struck a senior Finance Ministry official was arrested on Monday from a Delhi hospital, a day after the tragic incident that has now led to serious allegations of deliberate negligence. Gaganpreet Kaur was taken into custody by Delhi Police in connection with the death of Navjot Singh, 52, with the victim’s wife now claiming her repeated pleas to be taken to a nearby hospital were ignored.

The arrest marks a significant development in a case that has moved from a tragic road accident to a criminal investigation involving charges of culpable homicide and destruction of evidence. Navjot Singh, a Deputy Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs, died after the motorcycle he was riding with his wife was hit by the BMW near Dhaula Kuan on Sunday.

The First Information Report (FIR), filed based on a complaint from Navjot Singh’s injured wife, paints a harrowing picture of the moments following the collision. She alleges that she repeatedly begged the BMW driver to take them to the nearest hospital for immediate first aid. Instead, the accused drove them nearly 19 kilometers away to the Nulife Hospital in GTB Nagar, a facility police say is known to the accused’s family.

According to the FIR, the ordeal continued even after reaching the distant hospital. The victim’s wife claims she was left on a stretcher for hours and her subsequent requests to be shifted to another facility were also denied by the driver. It was only after her son, Navnoor Singh, arrived that she and her husband were moved to a different hospital in Dwarka.

These claims add weight to Navnoor’s earlier questions about why his parents were not taken to one of the many super-specialty hospitals near the accident site, a decision he believes cost his father his life. “He could have been saved,” Navnoor had stated, a sentiment now echoed in his mother’s formal complaint.

Delhi Police arrested Gaganpreet Kaur from the same GTB Nagar hospital where she and her husband had been admitted after the crash. Her husband, Parikshit Makkar, who owns the car and was present during the incident, has also been named in the FIR. The couple, residents of Rajouri Garden, run a business of luxury leather products.

The case has been registered under stringent sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), including Section 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and Section 238 (causing disappearance of evidence). A Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) team has already examined the crash site, the BMW, and the motorcycle to reconstruct the sequence of events and check for any signs of tampering.

The arrest provides some measure of accountability, but the family’s quest for justice is far from over. The core of the case now rests on a crucial question: Was the decision to drive 19 km across the city a panicked mistake or a calculated move to a “friendly” hospital to manage the situation and potentially conceal evidence?

The police will now focus on corroborating the wife’s testimony and investigating the role of the hospital. As the probe continues, the tragic death of a senior public servant has cast a harsh spotlight on the responsibilities of those involved in road accidents and the critical importance of the “golden hour” in saving lives