Jumping a red light to save time or driving on the wrong side to avoid long routes and traffic jamsis quite absurd but sadly, normal in our country. Many bike riders, don’t even consider these things a traffic violation. But, getting caught by aÂ
But to what extent can you go to get away from the traffic cop? Call a ‘duuuuuur ke chachaji’ who is in the police or try to bribe or beg before the cop to let you go? But a youth from Greater Noida went way too far when he was caught by a traffic constable for driving on the wrong side of the road.
According to Hindustan Times, the head constable Kunwar Pal Singh was on duty at the Surajpur Ghanta Ghar around 9 PM when the incident happened. A young man named Shailesh Kumar Sharma was stopped by Singh for breaking traffic rules as he was driving on the wrong side.
Narrating the incident, Singh said, “There was a moveable barrier to block traffic at Ghanta Ghar and traffic was diverted from Dadri to Noida near Crowne Plaza hotel. Sharma was flouting traffic restrictions by trying to negotiate through the barrier and this led to a traffic jam at the spot.”
When stopped by Singh, Sharma got angry and slapped him. The policeman tried to defend himself but Sharma grabbed his left hand and bit his two fingers. He was immediately nabbed with the help of other traffic police officers. Cops soon reached the spot and arrested him.
Sharma has been sent to judicial police custody. He will face charges under sections 332 (voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty) and 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) of the Indian Penal Code.
Thrill seeking aside, assaulting a traffic policeman who is stopping you for not following traffic norms is never okay!