A 32-year-old man, who tried to run over a Gurugram Traffic Police constable and tried to throw his weight around, has been booked on serious charges of attempt to murder.
The accused was stopped by a traffic police constable on Wednesday for driving on the wrong side of the road in Gurugram. But instead of stopping he tried to drive away and in the process, dragged the traffic police personnel on the bonnet of his car at a distance of 200 meters.
“The entire act was recorded by fellow policemen and the video evidence exposed his bluff .The accused identified as Karan Kathpalia, a resident of Delhi’s Dwarka, was later arrested and his car was seized. The incident occurred which was apparently recorded by a witness, took place near the Signature Tower Chowk in the city on Wednesday” said a police official.
In the video which went viral on social media, traffic police can be seen trying to stop the car. However, the driver refuses to comply and drives the car toward the cop. To save himself, the brave cop jumps onto the bonnet of the car. The driver dragged him for a quite long distance before finally giving in.
After dragging a traffic policeman on the bonnet of his car, the man proudly announced, “Mere Chacha Police mei hai. Jo karna hai karlo” (My uncle is in police. Do whatever you want).
The victim Traffic police constable Parminder said that he was on duty at Signature Bridge when he saw a car coming from wrong direction. “I signaled car to stop and asked the person to produce paper but instead of producing paper the accused tried to ran car over me.
I somehow grabbed the bonnet and was dragged to some distance by the accused,” said Parminder.
“The man even had a sticker of Delhi Police on his car. While the official was asking him to show the car documents the man asked the police
official to talk to Station
House Officer of sector-29,” said an eyewitness adding that he even refused to produce car documents.
“The police have registered a case under section 186, 353, 307 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) at Sector-29 police station. The car has been seized. The accused was produced in court today and has been sent to judicial custody for 14 days,” said Subhash Bhokeen, Public Relation Officer (PRO), Gurugram Police.