A local court in Vadodara on Saturday extended the police remand of Rakshit Chaurasia, a law student accused of causing a fatal car accident, by two days. Chaurasia allegedly killed one person and injured seven others in the incident that occurred on Thursday night. The police sought the extension, citing the need to investigate several aspects of the case. Initially, the court had granted a one-day custody of the accused.
Meanwhile, Vadodara’s Commissioner of Police transferred three Assistant Sub-Inspectors (ASI) attached to the Karelibaug police station for violating standard investigation procedures by allowing the accused to speak with external media. The officers—Shailendrasinh Ranjitsinh, Tersinh Mavjibhai, and Jitendra Babubhai—were reassigned to the traffic department.
Commissioner Komar stated, “In a deviation from the standard investigating procedure, the accused was allowed to interact with external media and so, three ASI were transferred to traffic department… The police are conducting a detailed exercise to collect scientific, oral, physical and medical evidence in the case…”
On Saturday, the Vadodara city police also completed the reconstruction of the crime scene with Chaurasia. According to Komar, the reconstruction took place in two phases. Chaurasia was taken to the accident site on Saturday afternoon following a visit to SSG Hospital, where he was treated for chest pain and injuries sustained during the accident. A large crowd gathered at the scene as police worked to piece together the events leading to the crash.
Komar explained, “We had conducted a reconstruction on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday after being granted the remand. A major reconstruction was completed during th night to understand the lighting and other conditions during the accident… We also took him to th e spot in the afternoon.”
Later on Saturday, Chaurasia, appearing unable to walk, was brought to court accompanied by two policemen. Karelibaug police requested additional time to investigate the sequence of events leading to the accident
The crash, described as a “matter of seconds,” occurred when Chaurasia, a student of MS University, struck three two-wheelers within a 250-meter stretch from Chandravali Society Circle to the Amrapali Complex in Vadodara’s busy Karelibaug area on Thursday night.
Witnesses reported that the impact, the screeching vehicle and victims’ cries were followed by eerie silence before Chaurasia stepped out of his car. According to the police remand application, Chaurasia allegedly shouted “another round” after exiting the vehicle. He was then caught and beaten by locals.