Written by Alok SinghNew Delhi | September 17, 2025 05:50 AM IST 3 min readResearch says that the 'golden hour' after an accident gives a critically injured patient the highest chances of survivalThe hospital that Navjot Singh, the Finance Ministry officer killed in a crash with a BMW on Sunday, and his wife were taken to after the accident is owned by a cousin of the accused in the case, Gaganpreet, police said. The accident took place in the Delhi Cantonment area but the accused directed the driver of a taxi to drive the injured to Nulife Hospital in GTB Nagar, nearly 19 kilometres away.Research says that the ‘golden hour’ after an accident gives a critically injured patient the highest chances of survival.“During investigation, it was found that the owner of the hospital is Gaganpreet’s cousin, which is possibly why she took the victims — Navjot Singh and his wife Sandeep Kaur there,” the officer said.On Monday, during questioning, Gaganpreet told the police that she was gripped with panic and could only think of Nulife Hospital at the time because her children were admitted there during the Covid-19 pandemic. “When asked specifically why she didn’t take them to a nearby hospital, she said she was panicking and only knew this hospital, as her kids were treated for Covid there,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southwest) Amit Goel.According to a senior officer privy to the investigation, a team visited Gaganpreet’s paternal home, located near the hospital on Tuesday. The team recorded statements of her family members and the hospital staff who attended to the injured.According to the FIR, Navjot’s wife, Sandeep Kaur, told the police that she pleaded multiple times with Gaganpreet to take them to a nearby hospital for treatment, but her pleas were ignored.“My husband and I were moved to a van-type car and were being taken somewhere. I kept telling her again and again to take us to a nearby hospital for first aid, as my husband was unconscious and needed immediate medical attention. But despite all my pleading and requests, she purposely took us to a small hospital far away and got us admitted there. It was only later that I got to know it was a hospital in GTB Nagar, and I was kept on the stretcher there for a long time,” Kaur told the police, as per the FIR.Story continues below this adThe Delhi Police said they have booked Gaganpreet for culpable homicide not amounting to murder and for tampering with evidence after the accident. On Monday, she was sent to judicial custody for two days.Navjot Singh was posted as Deputy Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs under the Finance Ministry. The BMW was being driven by Gaganpreet, a resident of Gurugram. She was accompanied by her husband, two children, and a domestic help in the car.Delhi Police on Tuesday also questioned Gaganpreet’s husband, Parikshit Kakkar, at the Dhaula Kuan Police post.Parikshit told the police that he called his father-in-law, Javinder Singhm about the accident and also informed him that Gaganpreet is coming with both the injured persons in a van.Story continues below this adThe officer said Parikshit was later allowed to go but may be again called in the future.Stay updated with the latest - Click here to follow us on Instagram© The Indian Express Pvt Ltd