The Kolkata police on Monday arrested a second suspect in the Indian Air Force (IAF) corporal hit-and-run case from Delhi. Shahnawaz Khan, alias Shanu, was brought to the city on transit remand later in the evening.
While Sambia Sohrab, the prime accused arrested on Saturday, has been booked for murder, the police have not revealed Khan’s role.
“He has been arrested as an accomplice. The exact role will be ascertained after we investigate and place the findings before the court,” Special Additional Commissioner of Kolkata Police (Crime) Debasish Boral told journalists.
Shahnawaz Khan, a friend of Sambia Sohrab, was arrested from the house of his maternal uncle in the Ajmeri Gate area of Delhi.
An Audi Q7 car knocked down IAF corporal Abhimanyu Gaud, supervising preparations for the Republic Day parade, on Red Road on Wednesday last. Police said Sambia, younger son of former RJD MLA Mohd Sohrab, was behind the wheel. He was remanded in police custody for 14 days by a city court on Sunday. Mr. Boral said the police were also looking for one Johnny, believed to have been with the other accused in the early hours of January 13. A video clip had emerged in which Johnny was heard claiming that he and Shanu were in a Skoda car behind Sambia Sohrab who was driving the Audi Q7.
During the day, police seized a Skoda car and are trying to ascertain whether it was the vehicle used by the accused on January 13. The Audi Q7 is already in police custody.
