Chandigarh cop dragged on jeep, injured

Chandigarh, June 24

A head constable was injured after a man dragged him for several metres on his jeep at Sector 48 after the cop asked its driver to show the documents of the vehicle.

According to the police, Head Constable Varinder Singh (40), who is posted at the Sector 49 police station, along with Constable Narinder Kumar, was on duty at a naka near the motor market in Sector 48 last evening.

The cop reported that he saw a jeep (PB11CB6830) coming from the motor market side in which loud music was being played. He claimed that the front number plate of the vehicle was broken.

The jeep driver was signalled to stop and was asked to show the documents of the vehicle. The cop alleged that instead of showing the documents, the jeep driver accelerated the vehicle following which the cop’s hand got stuck in a window of the vehicle and he was dragged for several metres before he fell on the road.

The jeep driver sped away from the spot. The cop received injuries on a shoulder, a leg and an arm. He was taken to the GMCH-32. A case has been registered at the Sector 49 police station. — TNS