Hanging from a car window, cop dragged for 100 meters in India!
Dangling from the window of the car, a traffic constable was taken for the roughest ride of his life as the man at wheel of a wrongly parked car rolls up window to trap policeman's hand and zooms off. All because he was asked to show his licence!
In a scene that seemed straight out of a Hollywood movie, a man drove his car for about 100 metres with a police constable hanging on to his window, minutes before a VIP convoy was to pass in India. On Sunday night, the constable Govindrai Bhagat was on duty for the wedding ceremony of a minister's daughter nearby.
The wireless indicated that the Chief Minister Ashok Chavan who was in the city was about to pass and the police began clearing the road. That's when the police noticed a car parked in the middle of the road.
Bhagat approached the man, identified as Ravindra Baburao Shinde, sitting in the driver's seat and asked him to move his car towards the side of the road.
"He started arguing and we could see the convoy approaching. My senior told me to take the car towards the police station. I took him towards the side of the road and asked for his licence," said Bhagat.
That's when the horror began for Bhagat. The man pressed a button and the windows rolled up. Bhagat's hand was half in to collect the licence and it got stuck. The man then started laughing and started his car. He dragged Bhagat in that position for nearly 100 meters!
After about 100 metres, the man told Bhagat he would teach him a lesson and started swerving his car from side to side. "There was a huge crater-type hole as the road work was going on. When he started swerving the car he was looking at me and that's why didn't notice the hole ahead," said Bhagat. "His car's front tyre got stuck in that and the car tilted to one side and he had to halt the car there."
Within seconds, Bhagat's colleague came rushing to the scene and freed his hand by rolling down the windows. Bhagat, was rushed to nearby Rakshak hospital for treatment. He sustained injuries to his right hand but resumed duty the next day despite a swollen forearm.
Shinde has been arrested by the Yerawada police and charged with rash driving and endangering lives of others, besides hurting a public servant. "Had Shinde given the licence he would have to pay a fine of Rs 100 maximum and get away with a parking ticket. Now he is in police lock-up," said Mule.
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In a scene that seemed straight out of a Hollywood movie, a man drove his car for about 100 metres with a police constable hanging on to his window, minutes before a VIP convoy was to pass in India. On Sunday night, the constable Govindrai Bhagat was on duty for the wedding ceremony of a minister's daughter nearby.
The wireless indicated that the Chief Minister Ashok Chavan who was in the city was about to pass and the police began clearing the road. That's when the police noticed a car parked in the middle of the road.
Bhagat approached the man, identified as Ravindra Baburao Shinde, sitting in the driver's seat and asked him to move his car towards the side of the road.
"He started arguing and we could see the convoy approaching. My senior told me to take the car towards the police station. I took him towards the side of the road and asked for his licence," said Bhagat.
That's when the horror began for Bhagat. The man pressed a button and the windows rolled up. Bhagat's hand was half in to collect the licence and it got stuck. The man then started laughing and started his car. He dragged Bhagat in that position for nearly 100 meters!
After about 100 metres, the man told Bhagat he would teach him a lesson and started swerving his car from side to side. "There was a huge crater-type hole as the road work was going on. When he started swerving the car he was looking at me and that's why didn't notice the hole ahead," said Bhagat. "His car's front tyre got stuck in that and the car tilted to one side and he had to halt the car there."
Within seconds, Bhagat's colleague came rushing to the scene and freed his hand by rolling down the windows. Bhagat, was rushed to nearby Rakshak hospital for treatment. He sustained injuries to his right hand but resumed duty the next day despite a swollen forearm.
Shinde has been arrested by the Yerawada police and charged with rash driving and endangering lives of others, besides hurting a public servant. "Had Shinde given the licence he would have to pay a fine of Rs 100 maximum and get away with a parking ticket. Now he is in police lock-up," said Mule.
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