Ludhiana: The news of hit and run keeps coming. The news of one such incident has come from Ludhiana today. In Ludhiana a traffic policeman signaled a car to stop, but the driver ignored his direction and hit the policeman, hitting him on the bonnet of the car for about 1 Dragged for kilometres. Police said that there were two people in the car, who have been identified. Both have old criminal records. A video of the incident went viral on social media. In the video, the traffic policeman is seen lying on the bonnet of the car.

Police said in a statement today that the incident took place yesterday afternoon at Mata Rani Chowk near Municipal Corporation office intersection in the city when the traffic head constable Hardeep Singh on duty signaled the car to stop. Instead of stopping, the silver colored car hit the policeman, after which he fell on the bonnet. Police said that after this the driver took the car towards Jalandhar bypass for 1 kilometer, with Singh lying on its bonnet. When the speed of the car slowed down due to heavy traffic, the policeman fell from the bonnet. However, the occupants of the car fled along with the vehicle.

identification of the occupants of the car Ludhiana’s Assistant Commissioner of Police Ramandeep Singh said that the people in the car have been identified and will be arrested soon. He said that both have criminal records. Singh said that it is suspected that some suspicious items were being carried in the car. He said that raids are on to arrest the accused. The ACP said that a case has been registered against the accused under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code.

The accused car driver has been identified as Mukal Montu resident Mohalla Fatehgarh. Section 279 on him by Police Station Division No. 1, , , 487, 279 , 427, 34 have been registered under IPC. For information, let us tell you that the accused was not alone in the car, another person was sitting with him on the seat next to him. (with language input)

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Fri, Apr 14, 2023, 6: 00 PM IST