"Vakalatnama filed against accused; sent to judicial custody": Lawyer of Vadodara accident victim

Vadodara (Gujarat) [India], March 18 (ANI): Yogesh Rana, the lawyer of the Vadodara accident victim, said that they had filed a Vakalatnama (memo of appearance) against the accused Rakshit Ravish Chaurasi and the latter had been sent to judicial custody by the court.
"We have filed Vakalatnama, they (accused Rakshit Ravish Chaurasia) have not filed any bail application...investigation officer presented him before the court and court has sent the accused to judicial custody," the lawyer told ANI on Monday.
"This is a serious matter, a woman has died, and her husband is in critical condition. Three people who were travelling in the other scooty, 2 of them are children and the woman who was with them, is also critical...in Police custody, the accused got to give a statement (to the media) this shows the negligence of the Police," he added.
Meanwhile, one woman died, and four others were injured after an overspeeding four-wheeler rammed into a two-wheeler on March 14.
While the accused driver, Rakshit Ravish Chaurasia, is already in police custody, Vadodara Police Commissioner Narasimha Komar said that more than three vehicles were involved in the incident.
Komar revealed that the police are recovering the evidence from the crime scene, and the move of the accused's co-passenger is also being tracked.
"The teams are recovering the evidence from the scene of the crime. Police are tracking the entire movement of the driver and co-passenger of the four-wheeler...The person driving the four-wheeler is in police custody, and police have been successful in tracking the movement of the co-passenger...Further investigation is underway," he added.
While the police have registered a drink and drive case against the accused, Rakshit Ravish Chaurasia, he claimed that he was not drunk on the night of the accident.
"We were going ahead of the scooty, we were turning right, and there was a pothole on the road. There was a scooty and a car while we were turning right... The car slightly touched the other vehicle and the airbag opened suddenly, our vision was hampered and the car went out of control", accused Rakshit Ravish Chaurasia said. (ANI)