Cop dragged on automobile’s bonnet for 1.5 km in Maharashtra; driving force charged with homicide bid

By means of PTI

PALGHAR: A visitors police constable used to be dragged at the bonnet of a automobile for just about 1.5 km after the motive force abruptly raced away within the automobile on being stopped for leaping sign in Vasai the city of Maharashtra’s Palghar district, an authentic mentioned on Monday.

The auto driving force, a 19-year-old guy who didn’t possess a legitimate riding licence, used to be arrested after the incident on Sunday night and charged with try to homicide amongst different offences, mentioned senior inspector Sampatrao Patil of the Manickpur police station.

The constable used to be on accountability at a hectic junction in Vasai on Mumbai’s fringes when he noticed a automobile having Uttar Pradesh registration leaping the visitors sign and requested its driving force to forestall, Patil mentioned.

Even because the constable used to be wondering the motive force, the motorist abruptly sped up the auto and hit the policeman, who fell on its bonnet and used to be dragged for round 1.5 km, leaving him injured, he mentioned.

The auto got here to a halt because of a visitors jam and bystanders pinned down the motive force and passed him over to the police, mentioned the inspector.

Offences underneath Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 307 (try to homicide), 308 (try to dedicate culpable murder), 353 (attack or prison drive to discourage public servant from discharge of his accountability) and related provisions of the Motor Automobiles Act had been registered towards the auto driving force, Patil mentioned.

PALGHAR: A visitors police constable used to be dragged at the bonnet of a automobile for just about 1.5 km after the motive force abruptly raced away within the automobile on being stopped for leaping sign in Vasai the city of Maharashtra’s Palghar district, an authentic mentioned on Monday.

The auto driving force, a 19-year-old guy who didn’t possess a legitimate riding licence, used to be arrested after the incident on Sunday night and charged with try to homicide amongst different offences, mentioned senior inspector Sampatrao Patil of the Manickpur police station.

The constable used to be on accountability at a hectic junction in Vasai on Mumbai’s fringes when he noticed a automobile having Uttar Pradesh registration leaping the visitors sign and requested its driving force to forestall, Patil mentioned.

Even because the constable used to be wondering the motive force, the motorist abruptly sped up the auto and hit the policeman, who fell on its bonnet and used to be dragged for round 1.5 km, leaving him injured, he mentioned.

The auto got here to a halt because of a visitors jam and bystanders pinned down the motive force and passed him over to the police, mentioned the inspector.

Offences underneath Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 307 (try to homicide), 308 (try to dedicate culpable murder), 353 (attack or prison drive to discourage public servant from discharge of his accountability) and related provisions of the Motor Automobiles Act had been registered towards the auto driving force, Patil mentioned.