A traffic policeman held on to the bonnet of a car for nearly 400 metres after he tried to stop the vehicle which was speeding on a busy road in Delhi. Footage from CCTV shows the cop holding on to the car before falling on the road, his legs nearly missing the wheels of the hatchback driven by the offender as other vehicles drove past him.
The incident, which took place on Monday, was reported in south Delhi's Dhaula Kuan area.
In the video from CCTV camera, constable Mahipal Singh is seen standing next to the hatchback, which was stopped for using a fancy number plate; he jumps on to the car the minute the driver tries to flee.
The police personnel does not let off his hold even as the offender drives zig-zag on the busy stretch near Cantonment area; he is later seen falling on the road after being driven for approximately 400 metres.
The car driver was arrested after one kilometre chase. The accused was identified as Shubham, who is a resident of Uttam Nagar in south west Delhi.
A case has been filed on the complaint of constable Mahipal Singh, who, in his statement, said that he tried to stop the car over the issue of "fancy number plate".
"On October 12, at 5:10 pm, I was standing on Dhaula Kuan road going towards Tilak Nagar when I noticed a white car on the carriageway to Tilak Nagar going in Zig-Zag way. The number plate of the car was also very fancy. I tried to stop the car. The driver first slowed the car, and when I went in front of it to stop it, he increased the speed. I jumped on the bonnet of the car and held on to the wipers for my safety, but the driver did not slow the speed of the car and took steep zig-zag turns to harm me. After some distance when I fell from the car, he ran from the site," Mr Yadav said in the complaint.
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