Haridwar police have seized a car of a Youth Congress leader Sachin Chauhan on Wednesday a day after the car bearing a plate with Youth Congress embossed on rammed into an electronic goods shop and damaged a house standing nearby. The driver of the car was arrested on charge of drunk driving. However, police are yet to confirm whether the YC leader was in the car during that time or not.
It is learnt from police that the car which was coming to Haridwar crashed into a house and a shop of electronic goods near the veterinary hospital around midnight. As per the eye witnesses, four people were in the car besides the driver. The locals stopped the car. “While others escaped we got hold of the driver. All, including the driver, were drunk. We handed over the driver to police,” said an eye- witness.
SHO Nagar Kotwali Chandrabhan Singh Adhikari said that the driver identified as Sachin Rawat is a resident of Kankhal. “A case has been registered and police are probing the case,” he added.