An on-duty traffic police personnel in Gurugram was dragged for a few metres on the bonnet of a car after the driver was asked to stop for jumping traffic signal. The accused later fled the spot leaving the vehicle behind.
The incident took place on Monday afternoon when Special Police Officer (SPO) Prashant, an ex-army man, tried to stop a Maruti Swift car at Sidheshwar Chowk in old Gurugram after the vehicle violated the traffic signal and moved towards Sonha Chowk.
Instead of stopping the vehicle, the accused slowed down and tried to escape. The cop leapt onto the car bonnet to prevent him from fleeing but was dragged for 200 metres.
After the police personnel was dragged to the side of the road, the accused stopped the vehicle and fled the spot leaving the vehicle behind. The entire incident was captured on CCTV cameras.
“A case under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered against the car owner identified as Uday Singh Rathi a resident of Taoru in Nuh district in Haryana at Shiva Ji Nagar policestation,” said Subhash Boken spokesperson of the Gurugram police.
Further probe into the matter is underway the accused driver will be arrested soon, Boken said.
Earlier in the month, a traffic policeman was dragged by an SUV driver for a few metres on the bonnet of a car after he entered the wrong side near Signature Tower Chowk on the Dehli-Jaipur Expressway.
Last month, a traffic policeman was killed when a speeding truck hit him and dragged him for about half a kilometre after he tried to stop it for routine checking near Rao Tula Ram Marg in southwest Delhi. The truck driver, who attempted to flee immediately after the incident, was caught by traffic policemen near Mahipalpur after a three-kilometre chase.