New Delhi, May 28: While awaiting a response from the government to take action against the son of Senegalese ambassador in a murder case, Delhi Police today questioned several staffers of the five-star hotel where the incident took place. Police was also awaiting a response from embassies of various African countries to its request for the list of drivers who were present at Taj Palace Hotel on Saturday night when the envoy's 24-year-old son Mansoor Ali allegedly killed his driver Dilawar during a fight.
"While some embassies were yet to respond to our request, some have stated that their drivers were not present as they had driven their vehicles to the hotel themselves," police sources said.
Police had listed 26 ambassadors who had attended the party and sought their cooperation to question their drivers in connection with the murder.
Questioning of the drivers would be crucial as police has already lost vital video footage wherein the alleged fight had been recorded. Though police had told the hotel staff to preserve the footage, the employees have contended that it had got erased automatically as the hard disk was unable to preserve any recording beyond 30 hours.
Meanwhile, the post-mortem conducted on Dilawar concluded that his cerebral cortex had been damaged which was enough to cause death.
Drivers of envoys of several other African countries are also up in arms and have been staging demonstrations outside the Senegal Embassy and residence of the ambassador demanding action against Mansoor Ali.
Bureau Report