A dashing automotive hit a police constable on election responsibility and additional dragged him as much as 20 ft on the highway at Bhakti Shakti Chowk in Nigdi on Friday.
Santosh Shinde, a constable connected to the Pimpri -Chinchwad police headquarters, lodged a grievance on the Nigdi police station.
In line with police, since October 22, Shinde has been part of the Static Surveillance Group (SST) conducting car checks on the Bhakti Shakti Chowk in Nigdi within the view of coming Maharashtra meeting elections.
Round 12.25am on Friday, whereas performing his responsibility, Shinde tried to cease a dashing automotive on the Bhakti Shakti Chowk for checking. However the driver continued to drive the automotive at excessive velocity and hit the barricade in entrance of Shinde.
The automotive additional hit Shinde too and dragged him together with the barricade for about 20 ft on the highway. Shinde was injured within the incident. Police stated the automotive driver fled the spot.
Police have booked the automotive driver underneath related sections of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) and the Motor Automobile Act.
Police stated they’ve discovered the registration variety of the automotive and are within the means of figuring out and arresting the automotive driver, stated police.
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