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Police Book Four Friends After Delhi Dancer Loses Both Legs in Alleged Assault

New evidence led police to treat the case as an assault rather than an accident.

Overview

  • Delhi Police registered a criminal case against four of the victim's friends and called them in for questioning after reviewing CCTV and the victim's later statement.
  • Investigators say video shows the dancer being beaten shortly before he was found near the tracks, and his newer account alleges the group assaulted him after drinking.
  • Doctors at Safdarjung Hospital are treating catastrophic injuries after both of the victim's legs were severed when a train ran over him near Subzi Mandi station.
  • The case now cites sections of India's new criminal code for causing hurt, wrongful restraint, and common intention, while officers examine phone records and other technical data.
  • Relatives accuse police of first treating the incident as an accident or suicide and reject claims he was drunk, a dispute likely to draw scrutiny once medical and forensic reports arrive.