Traffic cop dragged on car’s bonnet for 500 metres in Kurukshetra: Police
Kurukshetra, June 29: A Haryana traffic policeman was dragged on the bonnet of a car for nearly 500 metres after he signalled a jeep driver to stop at a check post here, police said on Tuesday.
The incident happened on Monday evening when Constable Sanjiv Kumar was on duty at a police check post on a highway in Kurukshetra, Deputy Superintendent of Police Subhash Chander told reporters on Tuesday.
Kumar had signalled a Bolero jeep to stop but its driver, who was accompanied by two others, ignored his signals and tried to run past the constable, who had to jump on to the jeep's bonnet to save himself.
The jeep driver still did not stop the vehicle and continued to drive and even increased the speed in a bid to throw off Sanjiv, forcing him to cling on to the bonnet for his life, the DySP said.
The vehicle was eventually forced to stop by other policemen, including Assistant Sub-Inspector Gulab Singh, who all chased the vehicle for over half a kilometre, he said.
The entire act of the driver could have very well killed the constable, the Dy SP said.
The act of the accused was also filmed by the policemen, he said.
As the jeep was finally forced to stop, Sanjiv Kumar fell on the ground and suffer some injuries, he added.
The jeep's driver, identified as Nurdeep alias Lovepreet, and his two accomplices have been arrested, the DySP said.
The vehicle driver has been charged for an attempt to murder and other penal offences, he added.
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Two forest officials in ACB net for taking Rs 3.5 lakh bribe in Telangana
Hyderabad (PTI): Two forest officials were caught red-handed on Thursday for allegedly taking Rs 3.5 lakh bribe in Bhadradri Kothagudem district, the Telangana ACB said.
S Sujatha, Forest Divisional Officer, Bhadrachalam and B Krishna, Deputy Range Officer of Tegada, were caught by the ACB while they demanded and accepted an illegal gratification of Rs 3.5 lakh from a complainant at the Forest Divisional office, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) said in a release.
The bribe was demanded "for not registering cases against the complainant for allegedly causing damage to forest trees, while laying 2 km BT road from Pusuguppa village, Charla mandal in Bhadradri Kothagudem district to the Chattisgarh broder which was completed in 2025, and also not to disturb the complainant in his present and future works," it said.
The accused officers had initially demanded Rs 10 lakh bribe, and subsequently, on the request of the complainant, they reduced the bribe demand to Rs 3.5 lakh, the ACB alleged, adding that the tainted currency was recovered from the accused.
The accused officers performed their duties "improperly and dishonestly" to obtain undue advantage, the ACB said. The case is under investigation.
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