: Four days after a senior IT company manager was dragged on the bonnet of a car for about 500 m at a busy market, the police said that efforts were still on to identify the accused.
“We have just managed to get the first two letters and two numerals of the car’s registration number. We hope to crack the case soon,” said Station House Officer, Civil Lines, Vijender Singh. Prateek, accompanied by his three-year-old son, was driving his Swift Dzire near Sector 12 telephone exchange on the afternoon of March 28 when a man in a Honda City hit his car. When Prateek got off his car to confront him, the Honda driver hit him with the car. Prateek landed on the Honda City’s bonnet and was driven around at the busy market. The Honda driver went on to hit several motorcycles and a scooter on the way. Prateek then fell off the car, but luckily did not suffer any injuries. The bystanders then came to his rescue. Meanwhile, the Honda driver managed to drive away without anyone noting down the registration number of the vehicle.
The police, however, refused to register a case in this connection without any evidence. It was after Prateek managed to procure a closed-circuit television footage from the neighbourhood of the crime that a case was registered under sections 279 (rash driving), 336 (endangering life or personal safety), and 308 (attempt to commit culpable homicide) of the IPC.
“The case was registered two days after the incident happened. But the police have been helpful since then,” said Mr. Prateek.
