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Kolkata hit-and run: Prime accused Sambia confesses he was driving the killer Audi

India Blooms News Service | | Jan 23, 2016, at 06:27 pm

#Sambia Sohrab # hit-and-run case # Kolkata Police # Red Road

Kolkata, Jan 23 (IBNS) Sambia Sohrab, the prime accused in the hit-and-run case in Kolkata in which a Air Force officer was killed, has confessed that he was driving the killer Audi SUV, reports said.

Besides arresting Sambia, Kolkata police had nabbed two of his friends-Noor Alam alias Johny and Shahnawaz Khan alias Shanu- on the charge that they were also in the car.

The police action raised questions since eye witnesses, mainly defence personnel, who were present at the time of the incident, have been insisting that there was only one person in the car when it hit Corporal Abhimanyu Gaud during a Republic Day parade rehearsal on Red Road on January 13.

Sambia is the son of Mohammad Sohrab, once a Rashtriya Janata Dal legislator and now a local leader of the ruling Trinamool Congress, who is said to be close to a section of police bosses. Sambia was arrested in Kolkata 16 January. But his father and brother Ambia are missing.

Johny and Shanu told police that they were in another car and Sambai was driving the Audi under the influence of alcohol. They claimed that Sambia had fought with them after being asked not to drive when drunk.

However, the Ttinamool Congress has vehemently denied that Mohammad Sohrab has any links with the party.

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