Tarmac death: 15 vehicles under lens

New Delhi: The death of a senior technician with Air Deccan at the Palam airport on Monday night remains shrouded in mystery with the police failing to identify the vehicle and its driver even 48 hours after the "accident".
The police have zeroed in on at least 15 vehicles which might have caused the incident. These vehicles were examined by forensic experts on Wednesday to ascertain if any blood stain had been removed from them but even this has not yielded any breakthrough yet. Forensic officials said though that it would take them about three days to complete the examination.

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Rs 500 for hit-and-run

New Delhi/Patna: The killer vehicle
that mowed down young Sansrity
Sinha in Delhi airport on Monday
night could get away by paying
Rs 500.It could be even
less — Rs 100.Under traffic rules
framed by the Airports Authority
of India, the speed limit within the
restricted area at Delhi airport is
15kmph. The penalty for exceeding
the limit ranges from Rs 100
for a first offence to Rs 500 for
second-time offenders.Outside,
on Delhi roads, the minimum fine
for traffic rule violators is Rs 600.
24/10/07 Mandira Nayar and Nalin
Verma/The Telegraph
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The autopsy report which said that it seemed to be a case of vehicular accident has also mentioned that the tyre marks on the body suggested a ‘single tyre' vehicle. This means that victim Sansruti Sinha was probably hit by either a car or a jeep and not any bus or truck.
Sansruti, who was to get married soon, was found lying dead on the E taxiway at the airport around 10 pm on Monday. Her head was crushed and she also had multiple fractures in the body.
The police, however, have ruled out the theory that this could have been a murder as had been suggested by some relatives of the victim.
The police have questioned more than 200 people, mostly drivers, employed at the airport. Strangely, nobody saw Sansruti being hit. There were about 60 vehicles in operation on and around the runway when the incident took place. Sansruti was walking towards the hangar to examine an Air Deccan aircraft when she was hit by a vehicle.
In Patna, Sansruti's body was cremated at Gulbi Ghat on Wednesday morning. Apart from family members and relatives, several Air Deccan officials were present to bid her a final farewell.
The family is still not convinced that Sansruti was not murdered, and the delay in identifying the culprits has only made them more suspicious.
25/10/07 Times of India

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Categories: Air Deccan Oct 2007, Airports Oct 2007, Safety Oct 2007