A 45-year-old Delhi Police Head Constable was critically injured after a speeding SUV hit him at a police picket near Akshardham Temple in East Delhi in the early hours of Saturday.
The driver of the SUV, who was in an inebriated condition, at the time of the accident, was arrested later on Saturday morning.
According to the police, the incident took place around 1 a.m. on NH-24 near Akshardham Temple where the victim, identified as Head Constable Raghu Nandan, was checking vehicles along with other policemen.
“The team saw a white Renault Duster coming from the side of Sarai Kale Khan at a high speed. When they signalled it to stop, the car instead hit Nandan and dragged him some distance before coming to a halt after hitting the barricade,” said a senior police officer.
Constable Mukesh Kumar and a home guard, who were also on duty at the spot, somehow managed to jump away in time. They caught the errant driver later identified as Sidhant Kashyap (22) and his friend Manish. Both of them were allegedly heavily drunk. The police also recovered bottles of alcohol from the car.
The Head Constable suffered severe head injuries and was rushed to a private hospital in East Delhi’s Patparganj where he is undergoing treatment.
Kashyap was arrested and a case of rash and negligent driving and drunk driving was registered against him. However, he was later released on bail.
This is the third incident over the past one week involving a police official.
