Forensic report hints Soumya was road rage victim

New Delhi: The forensic report on the car of murdered journalist Soumya Vishwanathan is out.

The report has established that Soumya was shot from outside, and that her car was in motion at the time of the murder.

Hinting at a road rage angle, reports say police are collecting details on regular visitors to pubs in the Vasant Kunj area, where Soumya was murdered.

Police have also reportedly lifted several fingerprints from the car, which are being examined. Police say it looks increasingly likely that the murder was not intentional, but happened in a fit of anger.

Meanwhile the Delhi government has started an ad campaign urging companies to avoid making women work in the night.

Soumya was an employee of TV Today Network's English news channel, Headlines Today. Prior to joining Headlines Today, Soumya also worked with CNN-IBN.

She had stayed back in office on Monday night to bring you coverage of the blasts in Malegaon and Modasa. The incident occurred when she was driving from her Jhandewalan office to her Vasant Kunj residence at around 0330 hrs (IST). Soumya last spoke to her father at 3:15 am, saying she'll reach home shortly.

Police say she was shot dead while on her way home. Her car was found rammed into the divider on Nelson Mandela road. Her body was still in the driver's seat and there was a bullet in her head.

The police rushed her to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences but doctors declared her dead on arrival. Police have registered a case of murder under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, but the motive for the killing has not yet been established.