Greater Noida:
Released on bail shortly after being arrested for drunk driving, a group of six youths knocked off a police sub-inspector and crushed him under the wheels of their Maruti car when he tried to stop them during a vehicle checking drive in Greater Noida late Thursday night.
The cop, John Peter is now battling for his life in a hospital in Greater Noida.
The drunk youths were subsequently arrested once again and this time booked under serious charges like attempted murder of a public servant and Gangster Act.
Most of the accused reportedly hail from well-to-do families in Haryana and had come to town to attend a marriage in Kitnord area of the city.
"The cop was checking vehicles as part of a routine exercise with his colleagues. The culprits were stopped and were asked to produce documents. They got down from the car and misbehaved with him. When he retaliated, they got into the car, hit his bike and mowed him down. The cop has sustained multiple fractures in his thighs and one arm. The miscreants had just been released on bail in a criminal case," said A K Singh, Senior Superintendent of Police, Noida.
"He was on his way to work and some people overtook his vehicle rashly. They returned and rammed him from the side. He fell on the road and then they drove over him. His legs are badly fractured and broke his arm as well. He is currently in the ICU. We have come from outside and are appalled at what is happening. Are we safe anywhere?" said the victim's daughter.
The cop, John Peter is now battling for his life in a hospital in Greater Noida.
The drunk youths were subsequently arrested once again and this time booked under serious charges like attempted murder of a public servant and Gangster Act.
Most of the accused reportedly hail from well-to-do families in Haryana and had come to town to attend a marriage in Kitnord area of the city.
"The cop was checking vehicles as part of a routine exercise with his colleagues. The culprits were stopped and were asked to produce documents. They got down from the car and misbehaved with him. When he retaliated, they got into the car, hit his bike and mowed him down. The cop has sustained multiple fractures in his thighs and one arm. The miscreants had just been released on bail in a criminal case," said A K Singh, Senior Superintendent of Police, Noida.
"He was on his way to work and some people overtook his vehicle rashly. They returned and rammed him from the side. He fell on the road and then they drove over him. His legs are badly fractured and broke his arm as well. He is currently in the ICU. We have come from outside and are appalled at what is happening. Are we safe anywhere?" said the victim's daughter.
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