Five arrested for reckless driving, bursting colour bombs on flyover

New Delhi, February 23

The Delhi Police on Friday arrested five persons for creating nuisance by halting their vehicles on the Vikaspuri flyover.

According to the police, it was reported that some individuals were halting their vehicles on the Vikaspuri flyover, leading to traffic congestion and inconvenience for the public. On a couple of occasions, joint drives with the traffic police were conducted to fine these vehicles.

However, an incident was reported wherein around 20-25 cars were causing disturbance on the Vikaspuri flyover towards Peeragarhi by bursting colour bombs and driving recklessly, particularly during the enforcement of Section 144 of the CrPC in Delhi due to the farmers’ ‘Delhi Chalo’ call.

In response, the local police and traffic police decided to take strict action against such activities. Consequently, a case was registered under Sections 279 and 188 of the IPC, and an investigation was initiated.

Vichitra Veer, Deputy Commissioner of Police, West district, said, “A team was specifically assigned to identify the offending vehicles based on the footage provided by the complainant. With the assistance of traffic details and CCTV footage, the team identified and apprehended five individuals from Tilak Nagar along with their vehicles.”

The police seized the five offending vehicles, and the arrested were identified as Subeer Singh (42), Naam Singh (41), Gurmeet Singh (29), Harmeet Singh (32) and Manmeet Singh (36).