Gaikwad has not been questioned regarding the case yet, the police said, adding that his car was currently missing.
The accused, Ashwajit Gaikwad who is the son of Anil Gaikwad, Managing Director at the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation, along with two others, has been booked under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, including voluntarily causing hurt and rash driving.
The Thane police are collecting statements and gathering forensic evidence regarding the matter, which occurred at around 4:30 am on December 11 near a hotel on Ghodbunder Road.
The woman, Priya Singh, said that on Saturday, a few police officials tried to force her to sign a document.
“They were trying to force me to sign something. I refused. Because I did not have a lawyer,” she told news agency ANI today.
Singh said when she did not sign the papers, the officials got angry and left. Speaking about the incident, she said she wasn’t “happy” with the way the police were investigating the incident.
However, she said, “I have great faith in the Prime Minister and the Chief Minister.”
WHAT THE VICTIM SAID
Priya Singh, posted about the incident on her Instagram profile and said she had gone to meet Ashwajit at 4 am on December 11 at a family function after he called her. She noticed that he was “behaving strangely” and asked to talk to him in private.
“My boyfriend slapped me, tried to strangle my neck, I tried to push him away. He bit my hand, beat me, pulled my hair and his friend out of nowhere pushed me to the ground,” said Priya Singh on her Instagram.
She added that she ran to his car to get her phone and her bag and that’s when Ashwajit asked his driver to run her over. After running over her legs, they fled away from the site, she further said.
Speaking about her injuries, Priya said, “Three bones in my right leg are broken, it has been operated on. From my left shoulder to my hips I’ve deep injuries. I cannot move my body.”
SON OF BUREAUCRAT REFUTES ALLEGATIONS: SOURCES
Gaikwad has refuted all the allegations made by the woman, Priya Singh, sources said. He also called the entire incident an attempt to “extort money”, they added.
“Whatever has been portrayed is untrue. She (Priya Singh) is just a friend of mine,” sources quoted him as saying.
“She came in a drunken condition to a hotel where I was involved in a family function and forced me to talk to her. When I refused, she started abusing me. She also assaulted my friends when they tried to intervene in the matter. When my driver, Shelke, started my car so that she would step aside, she fell. The accident was not intentional,” he said, as per sources.
“This is nothing, but a way to extort money from me. I have also given her money in the past and I have all the records,” sources quoted him as saying.
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