Drunk driver arrested for ramming car into police barricades and hitting other vehicles in Mumbai – ThePrint – PTIFeed

Mumbai, Nov 30 (PTI) Police have arrested the 32-year-old businessman who rammed his luxury car into barricades and rammed other vehicles to evade control while driving under the influence of alcohol in the western suburbs, an official said. Saturday.

A case has been registered under the relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Motor Vehicles Act against the accused, Sabhyasachi Devpriya Nishank, a resident of Worli, for the incident that took place on the Western Express Highway in Andheri (West) early of the year. hours on Thursday, the official said.

The accused, who was driving under the influence of alcohol, rammed into the barricades at Gokhale Bridge and hit three other vehicles in an attempt to evade control, he said.

A woman in the car also consumed alcohol, the official said.

He said police personnel at the spot, two-wheeler riders and passers-by gave chase, forced the accused to stop his car and broke the window when he refused to open the car door.

A mob gathered on the spot and beat him. The accused was taken to a hospital and later to a police station, the official said, adding that he was remanded for four days. PTI DC ARU

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