A tragic road accident in the hearts of Delhi has shaken the corridors of power and ignited widespread public outrage. Navjot Singh,52, a senior Finance Ministry official lost his life after a speeding BMW rammed into his motorcycle near Delhi Cantonment metro station on Sunday afternoon .His wife, Sandeep Kaur suffered serious injuries .
Navjot Singh and his wife were returning home from Bangla Sahib Gurudwara when the incident took place on Ring Road. The car was being driven by a woman identified as Gaganpreet, with her husband Parikshit in the passenger seat.
The most shocking detail of the case has been the choice of hospital where the victims were taken . Instead of being rushed to the nearest medical facility, which could have been reached within minutes, the couple was transported almost 20 kilometres away to Nulife Hospital in GTB Nagar.
Sandeep Kaur despite being seriously injured, has reported the investigators that she pleaded the accused to take them to a nearby hospital, but her request was ignored. Instead the BMW driver insisted on driving them across the city.
But why so? According to reports that Nulife Hospital is co-owned by Gaganpreet’s father, raising troubling questions of conflict of interest. At Nulife Hospital , doctors declared Navjot Singh brought dead. His wife underwent emergency treatment .
Delhi Police promptly registered an FIR against Gaganpreet. She has since been arrested and sent to judicial custody from hospital today in a case of culpable homicide, destruction of evidence and rash driving . Investigators has seized the BMW and the motorcycle,while forensic experts are working on the accident scene. CCTV from the area has also been collected to establish the exact sequence of the incidents.
The Singh family has publicly alleged that Navjot’s death was not just a mere accident but it is a result of “criminal negligence”. The Singh family also claims that delaying in taking him to the nearest hospital was intentional.
A cab driver who witnessed the accident and later helped in transporting the injured recalled the horror. He said that the bike was hit hard from behind and the man was bleeding badly. He also claimed that his wife was continuously aksing for help but the accused insisted on taking them to her own hospital.
According to “The Hindu”, Delhi logged road accident injuries climbed to 2,187 between January and May 2025 compared to 2,106 in the same period last year.
