Drunk driver held after allegedly ramming policeman with car in Bhayandar
A drunk driver has been arrested in Bhayandar after he allegedly drove a car into a policeman on duty while trying to flee, injuring him.
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Bhayandar police have arrested a drunk driver accused of running a car into policemen on duty in Bhayandar, injuring one of them, and trying to flee. The accused has been identified as Tejasvi Shivram Vishwakarma. A serious case has been registered against him at Bhayandar police station. One police constable was injured in the incident and was given first aid.
The incident took place around midnight on October 11. Police constable Salman Nasir Patve and police constable Vishal Bhoi of Bhayandar police station's Beat Marshal No. 3 were on patrol. In front of the Aqua Garden bar in Murdha village, they noticed a driver driving a car recklessly and in an inebriated state.
Both policemen intervened immediately and stopped the driver. They set off with him and the car towards Bhayandar police station for further legal action.
However, on reaching the road in front of Subhash Chandra Bose Maidan, the driver abruptly and flatly refused to take the vehicle to the police station. In order to slip out of police hands, he allegedly swerved the car to the right and tried to speed off towards Bhayandar East. When the police signalled him to stop, he allegedly drove the car straight into the policeman on duty. The constable fell down in the heavy impact and was injured.
Even after their colleague was hurt, the policemen kept their presence of mind and began a chase at once. The police eventually took the accused, Tejasvi Vishwakarma, into custody along with the car a short distance away. A case has been registered and the accused arrested under sections relating to drunk driving, obstructing police in their work and attempt to murder.
According to the sequence of events, policemen on midnight patrol stopped a driver driving recklessly in Murdha village. While he was being taken with the car towards Bhayandar police station, he refused to proceed on the way and tried to flee by turning the car around. The police constable was allegedly hit at that time. The police chased and caught the accused, and he has been arrested. A serious case has been registered at Bhayandar police station, and the injured constable has been given first aid.
