Two arrested for reckless driving, racing in Gurugram’s narrow lane

Two men were arrested on Sunday for reckless driving in Gurugram’s Sector 4, where they turned a narrow lane into a racing track, hitting multiple vehicles and injuring two women, the police said.

The accident, occurred near the Radha Krishna temple on Saturday evening, was captured on CCTV cameras. An FIR was registered at Sector 9A police station, and the injured women were admitted to a hospital, they said. The accused, Ankit from Badshahpur, and Sunder, a resident of Shikohpur village, were driving the two cars, which were later impounded.

According to complainant Sunil Kumar, a resident of Sector 5, he was dropping his wife at a temple around 4.30 pm when the two cars, racing at high speed, approached from the wrong direction. One of the cars collided with his vehicle while the other car hit several other vehicles before fleeing.

“In the impact, my car also struck a man and a woman on a scooter. My wife was saved as the airbags deployed, but my car was severely damaged. A woman in the one of the cars suffered serious head injuries,” Kumar said in his complaint.

The police said a total of five vehicles were damaged in the accident. During interrogation, the accused claimed that they panicked after their car brushed against another vehicle, leading them to speed away recklessly, the police said.

A further probe was underway, said Sector 9A police station SHO Kuldeep Singh.