A man was allegedly hit by a minibus and dragged on its bonnet for some distance in south Delhi's Lajpat Nagar area to the DND Flyover late on Sunday. According to the police, the man was walking on the road when he was hit by the minibus and the driver intentionally dragged him. However, the man didn’t suffer any severe injuries, they added.
The incident was caught on camera and the video of the incident is doing rounds on social media. It can be seen in the video that a man is standing on the front bonnet of the speeding minibus on the highway. The video is said to have been shot in South Delhi's Lajpat Nagar area. The driver of the bus is seen driving the bus at high speed and the man is hanging on the trunk of the minibus. A major accident could have occurred if the man would have fallen from the moving bus. The driver does not slow down the bus even after noticing the man hanging from the front bonnet of the bus.
A PCR call was received around 11:30 pm on Sunday. The caller alleged that while going from the DND flyover towards Noida, the driver of a minibus hit him in Lajpat Nagar and dragged him on the bonnet of his vehicle for some distance. The caller was following the minibus and no one was injured in the incident, a senior police officer said.
When the caller, Vicky Kumar, was contacted later, he said he was in Uttar Pradesh. Once he will file a complaint, legal action will be taken accordingly, the officer said. Later, Kumar, a transporter, visited Kotla Mubarakpur police station.
Speaking to reporters on Monday, Kumar said he sustained a minor sprain in his leg in the incident. He said he was coming from Bamnoli village in Dwarka Sector 28 and headed to Raj Nagar in his canter with his driver and conductor. When they reached the South Extension flyover, Kumar asked his driver to give way to a minibus behind their canter.
While overtaking the canter, the minibus' rear portion allegedly hit Kumar's vehicle. "We stopped it (minibus) near the Moolchand traffic signal. The bus passengers alighted from the vehicle.
