BMW accused goes from court to exam

GURGAON: Minutes after a city court reserved its order on an identification parade, BMW hit-and-run accused Suraj Sherawat was in an examination hall, wrapping up the last test to ensure he doesn't have to repeat the of the second semester for his graduation.
The BCom (Hons) student 18-year-old reached the exam hall at 9.30am. Though the business statistics paper was from 9am to noon, "he left at 11.15am, probably to avoid any interaction with classmates and dodge media", ARSD college administrative official V K Mishra said.
Meanwhile, police sources said one of the witnesses had video-recorded the accident.
With this, Suraj has managed to appear for four of the five exams in the second semester; the corporate law paper on May 14 - nine days after the accident - was the only one he missed. And it was in that subject that he scored the highest marks in internal tests, say college officials. But, if he passes the four exams he has taken, as per Delhi University rules, he will be promoted to the third semester and can re-appear for that paper along with his fourth-semester exams.
His friend Daksh Jaiswal, who was in the BMW at the time of accident and ended up in the ICU of Max Hospital with multiple facial fractures, will have to take all five second-semester exams next year.
Earlier in the morning, the police questioned Suraj's exam plea in court, saying he did not have the requisite attendance to sit for the exam. Around 8.30am, Suraj appeared before chief judicial magistrate (CJM) Jasbir Singh with his lawyers, who said he would not be available for the identification parade as he had to appear for the exam. "The court reserved its order after hearing the arguments and we will get an order on Thursday," said Bhupendra Singh, ACP (DLF) and head of the special investigation team.
The police had sought permission for a test identification parade (TIP) of Suraj, saying they had tracked two cab drivers who had seen him running from the accident spot on the night of May 5. The BMW rammed an Indigo near IFFCO Chowk Metro station on the Mehrauli-Gurgaon Road, killing pregnant Kshama Chopra Shetye and the Indigo driver Sanjay Gulati. Sources confirmed that the Gurgaon police has a list of 15 witnesses whose names they are not disclosing.