Mumbai man drives off with woman on car bonnet after argument; arrested

A 32-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly drove with a woman on the bonnet of his car following a tiff, causing her to fall and sustain injuries in the western suburbs here, police said on Saturday.

The accused, Vinit Ghiya, has been booked on the charges of rash driving and physically assaulting a woman for the incident that occurred in Borivali West on Thursday, an official said.

He said that Ghiya befriended the victim, an employee at a spa, a few days ago, and they partied at a pub. While returning home in a car, they had a heated argument over some issue, following which the accused took away her mobile phone. She got out of the vehicle and sat on the bonnet, the official said. Ghiya drove the car fast with the woman on the bonnet, causing her to fall, and then sped away, he said, adding that both were drunk at the time.

Locals in the vicinity rushed the injured woman to a hospital, the official said. The accused was produced in court, which sent him in police custody, he added.