GURUGRAM: In a bid to avoid paying the toll, a few miscreants hit and carried a toll employee on an Innova car's bonnet for five kilometers. A video of the incident is being widely circulated across social media platforms. As per the latest reports, the identity of the driver is yet to be ascertained by the Gurugram police.
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In the video clip, as the car manages to clear the boom barrier, a toll plaza employee steps out in front of the car to try and stop it. But instead of stopping the car, the driver accelerated, leading to the employee clinging to the car’s bonnet. They took him to a secluded place where they thrashed and threatened to kill him if he filed a police complaint against them. They dumped him before fleeing from the spot. The victim employee somehow returned and filed a police complaint. A police case was registered in this regard and the driver of the car has been booked under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for an attempt to murder, rash driving, causing damage and hurt by the act of endangering life or personal safety of others.
#WATCH Haryana: A car driver dragged a toll plaza employee on his car's bonnet in Gurugram when asked to stop at toll plaza.Victim says,"Car driver dragged me for 5-6km on his car's bonnet on a speed of about 100 km/hr. He said,'You'll stop my car?Even police doesn't stop my car' pic.twitter.com/Wz9kMOs8uu
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According to the complaint filed by toll employee Arun Kumar (25), a native of Muzaffarnagar in UP, the car with registration number HR 55 S 3827 came in the lane number 26 but rather than paying toll hit the barrier and tried to flee. The driver did not stop the car and instead tried to hit the attendant. "I clung onto the bonnet in order to save myself. The driver though did not stop and kept driving for around five kilometers towards Manesar even as I clung on to the bonnet. Finally, he stopped and thrashed me and threatened me not to collect toll from him before fleeting away," said Arun in his complaint.
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