In another revelation in the death of Sahil Dhaneshra, who died in a bike accident in Delhi’s Dwarka earlier this month, it has emerged that the teenager driving the SUV that caused the crash had told police he was 19 years old.
The birth certificate of the driver, accessed by NDTV, however, reveals that he was indeed a minor, as has been widely reported, and was not eligible to drive because he did not meet the minimum age requirement for a driving licence. The birth certificate shows the boy was born on August 2, 2009, which means he is 16 years old.
At 11.57 am on February 3, the boy was driving a Scorpio, with his sister as a co-passenger, when he rammed Sahil’s bike head-on near Lal Bahadur Shastri College, before hitting a cab. Sahil was rushed to a hospital, where he was declared dead, while the taxi driver suffered injuries.
Officials said on Tuesday that the boy, who did not have a licence, lied to the police and claimed he was 19 years old. Realising that he was a minor, the police detained him and then presented him before the Juvenile Justice Board, which granted interim bail because of the boy’s ongoing Class 10 board examinations.
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