New Delhi | Jagran News Desk: In a shocking incident, a woman in Delhi’s Chilla village was run over by a speeding car on Friday. The whole incident was captured by in CCTV.
The CCTV footage, which was shared by news agency ANI, showed the speeding car hitting a woman who was trying to cross the road. After getting hit by the speeding car, the woman falls off the hatchback as it comes to a halt in a narrow lane.
The people who were present at the spot tried to rescue the woman and tried to lift her from the road but the drive once again start the car and runs over the woman. The driver, however, was caught later by a few men. The woman, meanwhile, seeing lying in on the road. The woman is admitted at a hospital in Delhi where she is currently undergoing treatment.
#WATCH Delhi: A car ran over a woman near Chilla Village in Delhi yesterday. Police say, "The accused is a Sub-Inspector; he was under the influence of alcohol at the time of incident. He has been arrested. Injured is undergoing treatment at hospital." pic.twitter.com/SfJdGQ7pHa
— ANI (@ANI) July 4, 2020
The shocking incident happened at the Chilla village near Delhi’s Ghazipur area on Friday evening. Following the incident, the police said that the main accused has been identified as Yogendra -- a 56-year-old sub-inspector in Delhi police -- who was under the influence of alcohol during the incident.
“The accused is a Sub-Inspector; he was under the influence of alcohol at the time of incident. He has been arrested. Injured is undergoing treatment at hospital,” news agency ANI quoted the police officials as saying.
The police further said that a case has been registered against Yogendra for rash driving and causing hurt to any person by doing any act so rashly or negligently as to endanger human life.
Incident of drink and drive are very common in the national capital and are being reported regularly in the city-state. The police, however, on several occasions have warned that any incident of hooliganism and drunk driving would be dealt with strictly.
On new year's eve, the Delhi police had said that over 500 drunken revellers were penalised by it. Around 15,000 police personnel were deployed across the national capital to ensure celebrations go off smoothly on New Year's eve, with special traffic arrangements made to regulate movement of revellers, police had said earlier.
(With ANI inputs)