Also, keep in mind that India's legal system is broken. Law enforcement and courts are woefully underfunded. Police, lacking adequate resources, are always look

Also, keep in mind that India's legal system is broken. Law enforcement and courts are woefully underfunded. Police, lacking adequate resources, are always looking for scapegoats to close cases and declare victory. An easy target is an ordinary individual at a crash site. The immediate instinct of law enforcement in that situation is that the individual is guilty or "knows something". The follow-on steps are locking up the individual and even torturing them to get information. Remember, Indian courts and justice system is broken. Police can get away with virtually anything without any real consequence as long as the detainee is not well connected.