October 15, 2020 1:15:15 pm
Police said the incident took place around 5 pm Monday on the road leading to Tilak Nagar from Dhaula Kuan and that an FIR has been registered.
A Delhi traffic police officer was dragged on the hood of a car for several meters in the cantonment area of southwest Delhi after he tried to stop the driver for reckless driving. The accused, Shubham Kumar, managed to escape but was later captured by the locals.
Police said the incident took place around 5 pm Monday on the road leading to Tilak Nagar from Dhaula Kuan and that an FIR has been registered. “Based on a complaint made by the traffic officer, Mahipal Yadav, we have registered an FIR under sections 186,353, 279 and 337 of the IPC against him at the Delhi Cannt police station,” said a police officer from high rank.
#JUSTIN: A @dtptraffic The sheriff was dragged on the hood of a car in the cantonment area of southwest Delhi on Monday night after he tried to stop the vehicle for prosecution because the driver was driving precipitously. The defendant managed to escape but was later captured. @IndianExpress pic.twitter.com/q6xklfdyaz
– Mahender Singh Manral (@mahendermanral) October 15, 2020
CCTV footage of the incident shows Officer Mahipal Yadav desperately holding the car’s windshield wiper as the defendant attempts to shake it off the hood. Moments later, Yadav falls backward before the vehicle pulls away. Another traffic policeman was also seen chasing the driver after hitchhiking in a two-wheeler.
“Around 5.10 pm, Yadav saw a white car with a fancy license plate driving in a zig-zag fashion. He motioned for the driver of the car to stop. The driver slowed the vehicle, but suddenly sped up. He tried to stop him and he fell on the hood of the car and grabbed the windshield wiper. But instead of stopping his car, the defendant dragged him over the hood and managed to escape after he fell off the hood. Later he was persecuted by the public and the local police and was arrested, ”said an officer.
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