New Delhi: An Air Deccan employee was found dead under mysterious circumstances at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in the Capital late on Monday night.
Sanskriti Sinha, a 25-year-old senior technical officer with the domestic airlines, reportedly died on the spot after she was run over by a vehicle on her way to the aircraft from the baggage counter.
However, police have not ruled out foul play. They have registered cases of hit-and-run and destruction of evidence. The circumstances under which her body was found has aroused suspicion. Sanskriti's head was completely crushed, despite being reportedly run over by a light vehicle. The speed limit for vehicles at the airport is 20 kilometers per hour.
Police is also probing media reports that she died of injuries sustained due to jet blast from an aircraft which was taking off.
The airlines have not named the driver involved in the accident.
Sanskriti's brother says that they got a call around 10:30 pm on Monday saying she had been killed in an accident and that they would have to rush to Delhi from Patna, where her family lives.
CNN-IBN correspondent, Divya Iyer spoke to Sanskriti Sinha's family and discovered that she was supposed to get engaged on Wednesday — October 24.
23/10/07 CNN-IBN
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