GURGAON: A head constable returning home after duty was left bleeding on the road by the driver of a car that rammed his bike near the Bhondsi police quarters.
Police said the accident took place on June 30, but a case was registered only this Friday after Ram Kishan was fit enough to get his statement recorded. Kishan, attached with the MG Road police outpost, suffered a fracture in the left leg and had to undergo a surgery.
"I was returning home around 12.30am that night when a car crashed into my bike from behind. I skidded on the road and the motorcycle fell on my left ankle," the constable said in his complaint.
The car driver, according to Kishan, did stop a few metres away. As he groaned in pain, Kishan pleaded with the driver to take him to hospital.
He walked up to the injured cop, picked up the number plate of the car that had fallen on the road after the crash and left, Kishan alleged.
"I was unable to move as the bike had fallen on my ankle. As he stopped, I pleaded with him to take me to a hospital. Instead, he picked up the number plate and sped away. I could not even note down the registration number of the car," the constable said.
A passerby, Vishnu Bhagwan, stopped to help. "He called an ambulance first and took me to the hospital along with another commuter. Since I was wearing a helmet, I did not suffer any head injuries. But I was left with a fractured leg as the bike had fallen on it," Kishan said.
The constable underwent a surgery and was discharged from the hospital on July 3. "When I was fit to get my statement recorded, I informed the police," he said.
After his complaint, a case was registered under sections 279 (rash driving or riding on a public way), 337 (causes hurt to any person by doing any act so rashly or negligently as to endanger human life, or the personal safety of others) and 427 (commits mischief and thereby causes loss or damage) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against the driver at Bhondsi police station.
Police said they were scanning CCTV footage from cameras installed in the area for clues on the driver.
"Since doctors had declared him unfit for a statement, we waited till this Friday to lodge the complaint. We have formed a team and hope to arrest the accused driver soon," an officer said.
Bhaskar Mukherjee is a reporter with The Times of India, and cove...
Read MoreBhaskar Mukherjee is a reporter with The Times of India, and covers Sirsa, Fatehabad and Hissar districts of Haryana. He speaks several Indian languages and loves to write on human interest stories besides crime and sports. His hobbies include surfing the net, listening to music and meeting people.
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