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A cousin of the accused driver in the Gurugram hit-and-run case was also arrested from Rajasthan’s Dausa, days after the incident.The main accused, identified as Kalyan Bainsla, was held by the police on Tuesday, while his cousin, Lavnish Gurjar, was also arrested in connection with the case.
The incident came to light after a woman biker, identified as Sia, posted a video on Instagram showing a car hitting her motorcycle from the side, following which she fell and her vehicle skidded for several metres. In the video, which was taken from a camera mounted on her motorcycle and included her voiceover, Sia also alleged that the occupants of the car had misbehaved with her.
Bainsla, gym owner in Haryana’s Palwal, charged with ‘attempt to murder’Bainsla was arrested after he was booked under the ‘attempt to murder’ charge. The accused owns a gym in Haryana’s Palwal and is a former kabaddi player. His Instagram account, which has now been deactivated, earlier showed him working out and displaying his physique.
Initially, an FIR was registered on Monday under sections 125 and 281 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.Section 125 pertains to an act endangering the life or personal safety of others, while Section 281 pertains to rash driving.The Gurugram Police later added Section 109 of BNS, which is an attempt to murder charge, in the FIR.
According to police, the incident took place early on Sunday when Sia was riding her Aprilia sportbike with a group of riders. In her video, she said the driver of a white Maruti Ciaz began chasing her and repeatedly signalled her to stop after driving dangerously close to her.“He had started chasing me on the Golf Course Road. I asked him to drive while maintaining distance. He kept making gestures ordering me to stop my bike,” she said. She alleged that the driver “appeared to be drunk”. The video recorded from her camera appears to show the Ciaz swerving towards Sia and hitting her motorcycle.
Following the incident, the accused claimed he was “sorry” and alleged that the collision was not intentional and that he fled from the spot out of fear of a mob attack. “I was travelling with my family. I didn’t make any gestures at the young woman; I simply asked her to ride her bike slowly. I admit that a collision occurred. Had I stopped right then, those people would have beaten us up,” ANI news agency cited him as saying.
Questioning the accused’s claim, Sia said that she could have sustained serious injuries or even died. “If you felt so sorry for me, why did you not stop at that time?” she asked. “Due to such people, roads of Gurugram and Delhi feel unsafe,” she added.
On social media, he had also described himself as a member of the Indian rugby team and claimed to have won the Amateur Olympia India bodybuilding tournament,
