Home guard dragged for 1 km on pickup jeep bonnet after it hits him in Faridabad

A home guard was dragged for nearly a kilometre on the bonnet of a pickup jeep after it hit him at a police checkpoint in Faridabad, police said on Sunday.

The incident took place at Sohna T point on the Delhi-Mathura road when the driver of the pickup truck refused to stop for a document check and drove off with home guard Gaurav clinging to the vehicle, they said.

According to Gaurav's complaint, he, along with Sub-Inspector Rajesh Kumar, was checking vehicles at the checkpoint when a pickup vehicle coming from Delhi with open rear doors was intercepted.

"When I asked for the vehicle documents, the driver sped away, hitting me. I caught hold of the bonnet and clung to the iron net as he drove for nearly a kilometre. Fellow policemen stopped the vehicle," he said.

The home guard received injuries in his leg and was taken to hospital.

Police arrested the driver, Kundan, from Tirkha Colony in Faridabad. He told police that he fled because he did not have complete documents for the vehicle.

The pickup was impounded, and a case has been registered at City Ballabgarh police station, a police officer said.