Car hits constable at Kalamboli checkpoint, drags him 200 metres on bonnet

A car hit a policeman on duty during a checkpoint in the Kalamboli area of Navi Mumbai. The driver did not stop and dragged the policeman, hanging on the bonnet, for about 200 metres. The incident has caused alarm in the Navi Mumbai police force.

According to the information available, a police team was checking suspicious vehicles at a checkpoint in Kalamboli, as it does routinely. A speeding Swift Dzire came down the road, and the policemen on duty signalled the driver to stop.

The driver is alleged to have ignored the signal. Without heeding Police Constable Dilip Bhoi, who was standing in front, he drove the car forward. As the car did not stop, Constable Bhoi was thrown onto its bonnet.

The driver did not slow down even then. He dragged Bhoi about 200 metres with him stuck on the bonnet and then fled. Constable Dilip Bhoi has been seriously injured. His colleagues immediately admitted him to a nearby hospital for treatment.

An initial inquiry into the car that broke through the checkpoint has turned up a startling finding: the number plate on the Swift Dzire was found to be entirely fake. There were two people in the car.

A case under serious sections has been registered against the unidentified accused at Kalamboli police station. The fleeing car and the accused are being searched for closely with the help of CCTV footage from the area.

The police are examining several questions in depth: the real reason for fitting a fake number plate, whether those driving the car were habitual offenders, and whether the car had been used in any other crime. No arrest has been reported so far.