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The incidental took spot connected Ambli-Bopal roadworthy Monday. (Express)
A antheral driving an Audi, allegedly astatine a precocious velocity and successful a drunken state, went connected a rampage connected Monday morning, hitting a fig of cars and two-wheelers earlier moving into a BRTS lane fence, constabulary said.
The incidental took spot astatine 9.30 am, adjacent the main gross of Ambli colony successful Ahmedabad city. The accused, 41-year-old Ripal Mahesh Panchal, deed astatine slightest six cars, 1 of them twice, and 3 two-wheelers, earlier the BRTS obstruction brought him to a halt other the Tata Motors showroom successful the area.
No 1 was reported injured successful the incident, said police. Panchal has been arrested.
The M Division Traffic Police, successful a statement, said Panchal, who appeared to beryllium nether the power of “some intoxicating substance”, had knowingly enactment lives of others astatine risk. The FIR, filed connected the ground of a ailment by Ashish Damodar Gupta, who was heading to the Tata Motors premises successful his car, stated that the Audi came astatine afloat velocity from ISKCON-Bopal roadworthy and deed his vehicle.
The luxury car operator continued his tally and deed a two-wheeler, throwing its rider, a woman, connected the road, the FIR further said. He past deed different motorbike earlier moving into a Tata Harrier SUV. The car kept charging guardant and deed different car, a Tata Altroz, said the FIR.
A minitruck and a Mahindra XUV 300 parked up were besides deed by the Audi.
Police booked Panchal nether Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) sections 281 (rash driving), 324 (4) (committing mischief and causing damage), and 125(a) (endangering quality life) on with Motor Vehicles Act’s conception 177 (violation of act), 184 (endangering lives by reckless driving), and 185 (driving nether influence). Besides, helium was booked nether Prohibition Act conception 66(1)(b) (consume, use, person oregon transport alcohol) arsenic good arsenic sections 3 (mischief to nationalist property) and 7 of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act.
Meanwhile, according to a connection by Neeta Desai, DCP Traffic (West), 2 constabulary personnel, Head Constable Sirajuddin Yunuskhan and Constable Pruthvirajsinh Bharatsinh, person been suspended for alleged negligence. Besides, an enquiry headed by ACP SJ Modi of Traffic A Division volition analyse the alleged hold successful calling the FSL (Forensic Science Laboratory) and filing FIR connected portion of in-charge Inspector PM Marwada and ASI Ratilal Mohanlal.
The incidental comes a small implicit a twelvemonth aft a Jaguar car, being driven astatine a velocity of implicit 140 kmph, mowed down 9 radical and injured 13 others connected the SG Highway ISKCON flyover successful July 2023.
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