Constable Ramesh Awate can be seen hitting a pedestrian with his car in Thane in a chilling video.
Highlights
- Constable filmed running into pedestrian in Thane near Mumbai
- Was outraged because the man owed him three lakhs
- Pedestrian flung into air, landed on car's hood, fell off, was unhurt
CCTV shows a policeman trying to run over a man in a busy market near Mumbai.
The constable, who is not in uniform, has been identified as Ramesh Awate and can be seen hitting a pedestrian with his car in Thane, a huge eastern suburb of the financial capital. The pedestrian, Atul Pathe, is then lurched onto the hood of the Innova as it drives a few feet.
Mr Pethe, who was thrown off the bonnet after being carried a few feet, was luckily not hurt.
The policeman was reportedly enraged after he was asked to repay Rs 3 lakhs that he had borrowed from the victim's mother. He is now missing.
A pedestrian was thrown off the bonnet after being hit by a Thane constable's car
Security cameras at a local shop filmed the shocking incident.
Constable Ramesh Awate also worked as the driver of Encounter Specialist Vijay Salaksar who was killed in the 26/11 attacks.