Bengaluru: A man was dragged on the bonnet of a car for a kilometre in a road rage incident in the city on Friday, police said. The CCTV footage of the incident has gone viral on social media showing one Darshan struggling to stay put on the car, allegedly driven by a woman identified as Priyanka.
According to police, a road accident between Darshan’s car and Priyanka’s vehicle took place on the Jnanabharathi Main Road in the morning.
As Priyanka’s car allegedly crashed with Darshan’s car, the latter came out of the vehicle. When Darshan tried to stop the car and speak to the occupants, Priyanka allegedly accelerated the car at high speed and drove away.
#Bengaluru police has registered 307 case in a case of negligent and rash driving against a lady, she had dragged a man for almost a km who was hanging on to the bonnet of her car.
This is the second such incident reported. What are turning to as a city?@ChristinMP_TOI pic.twitter.com/bTH8Tuccn7
— potholes_kategalu (@roadsofnammuru) January 20, 2023
Fearing that he could be run over, Darshan quickly jumped and climbed on the bonnet of the car. The accused, then, sped away in the car for a kilometre with Darshan perched on the bonnet.
The woman, her husband and one more person have been booked on charges of attempt to murder and conspiracy.
The accused woman’s husband Pramod too lodged a counter complaint against Darshan and his three friends accusing them with beating him and molesting his wife. Police have arrested five people in this connection.