Santosh Shinde, a constable attached to the Pimpri -Chinchwad constabulary headquarters, lodged a ailment astatine the Nigdi constabulary station. (File Photo)
A speeding car deed a constabulary constable connected predetermination work and further dragged him up to 20 feet connected the roadworthy astatine Bhakti Shakti Chowk successful Nigdi connected Friday.
Santosh Shinde, a constable attached to the Pimpri -Chinchwad constabulary headquarters, lodged a ailment astatine the Nigdi constabulary station.
According to police, since October 22, Shinde has been a portion of the Static Surveillance Team (SST) conducting conveyance checks astatine the Bhakti Shakti Chowk successful Nigdi successful the presumption of coming Maharashtra assembly elections.
Around 12.25am connected Friday, portion performing his duty, Shinde tried to halt a speeding car astatine the Bhakti Shakti Chowk for checking. But the operator continued to thrust the car astatine precocious velocity and deed the barricade successful beforehand of Shinde.
The car further deed Shinde excessively and dragged him on with the barricade for astir 20 feet connected the road. Shinde was injured successful the incident. Police said the car operator fled the spot.
Police person booked the car operator nether applicable sections of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) and the Motor Vehicle Act.
Police said they person recovered retired the registration fig of the car and are successful the process of identifying and arresting the car driver, said police.
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