Mumbai: A man driving under the influence of alcohol hit a woman and an on-duty policeman with his SUV on a busy road in Khar here. The police gave this information on Tuesday.
An official said that the police have arrested the accused Hiten Desai in connection with the accident which took place around 7.45 pm on Sunday evening.
He told that at the time of the incident, Desai was drunk and was driving on Linking Road of Bandra.
The officer said the accused first hit a woman who was standing near her two-wheeler with her husband and then rammed the SUV into an on-duty policeman who tried to stop him.
“Desai did not stop the vehicle, but the locals managed to stop it after some distance and handed it over to the traffic police,” he said.
The accused has been booked under sections 279 (rash driving), 337 (endangering life), 353 (assault on public servant), 308 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and other relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Motor Vehicles Act, the officer said. Has been arrested.
An official said that the police have arrested the accused Hiten Desai in connection with the accident which took place around 7.45 pm on Sunday evening.
He told that at the time of the incident, Desai was drunk and was driving on Linking Road of Bandra.
The officer said the accused first hit a woman who was standing near her two-wheeler with her husband and then rammed the SUV into an on-duty policeman who tried to stop him.
“Desai did not stop the vehicle, but the locals managed to stop it after some distance and handed it over to the traffic police,” he said.
The accused has been booked under sections 279 (rash driving), 337 (endangering life), 353 (assault on public servant), 308 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and other relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Motor Vehicles Act, the officer said. Has been arrested.
