Man hit by minibus, dragged on bonnet in Delhi

A 25-year-old man was allegedly hit by a minibus and dragged on its bonnet for some distance in south Delhis Kotla Mubarakpur area, police said on Monday.Videos of the incident, which took place on Sunday night, went viral on social media.

A 25-year-old man was allegedly hit by a minibus and dragged on its bonnet for some distance in south Delhi's Kotla Mubarakpur area, police said on Monday.

Videos of the incident, which took place on Sunday night, went viral on social media. In one video, the man is seen on the bonnet of the moving vehicle and in another, he is seen getting down from it.

A PCR call was received around 11:30 pm on Sunday. The caller alleged that while going from the DND flyover towards Noida, the driver of a minibus hit him in Lajpat Nagar and dragged him on the bonnet of his vehicle up to the DND flyover. The caller was following the minibus and no one was injured, a senior police officer said.

When the caller, Vicky Kumar, was contacted later, he said he was in Uttar Pradesh. Once he will file a complaint, legal action will be taken accordingly, the officer said.

Later, Kumar, a transporter, visited Kotla Mubarakpur police station.

Speaking to reporters on Monday, Kumar said he sustained a minor sprain in his leg in the incident.

He said he was coming from Bamnoli village in Dwarka Sector 28 and headed to Raj Nagar in his canter with his driver and conductor. When they reached the South Extension flyover, Kumar asked his driver to give way to a minibus behind their canter.

While overtaking the canter, the minibus' rear portion allegedly hit Kumar's vehicle. ''We stopped it (minibus) near the Moolchand traffic signal. The bus passengers alighted from the vehicle.

''I was standing in front of the minibus and asked its driver to come out but instead, he locked the gate. I climbed onto the bonnet of the vehicle and as he started driving the bus, I stood on it,'' Kumar claimed.

Two taxi drivers on the Ashram flyover tried to stop the bus, he said.

''When the bus driver slowed down the vehicle on the DND flyover, I got down from the bonnet and he fled from the spot. I was on his bonnet for around three to four kilometres from the Moolchand traffic signal to the DND flyover,'' he said.

Kumar said police told him that appropriate action would be taken against the minibus driver.

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