Stunt bikers hit two youths, 35-year-old held

GHAZIABAD: A 35-year-old man was arrested on Thursday while his friend managed to flee after their motorcycle hit another, injuring two youths, in Indirapuram on Tuesday night.

Ujjawal Pawar and Harshit Tyagi suffered fractures on their shoulders and were admitted to a hospital. Ujjawal’s father Anangpal Pawar, a resident of Vasundhara Sector 14, in a complaint to the police, alleged that Teekaram, who was later arrested, and his friend Pawan were performing stunts on their motorcycle when they hit his son’s two-wheeler on Tuesday. Ujjawal and Harshit were returning home from Mangal Chowk. He also alleged that when his son and his friend confronted the accused, they beat them up and stole their gold chains, mobile phones and wallets.

Police, however, denied the allegations and said it was an accident and the two vehicles collided head-on.

Teekaram was booked under sections 279 (rash driving), 337 (causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others) and 338 (causing grievous hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others), of the IPC, said Prahalad Singh, the Abhay Khand police post in-charge. He added that further investigation was being carried out into Pawar’s allegations.

Singh said police received information about the accident from a resident of Gyan Khand, Mayank Kashyap. Talking to TOI, Kashyap, a software engineer with an IT firm in Noida, said that Teekaram used to work as a security guard in his building one-and-a-half years ago.

“Teekaram’s brother called me around 10pm, informing me about the accident and sought my help in resolving the matter. When I reached the spot, I found two groups gathered at the spot and they were clashing. When I tried to intervene, I was beaten up and so I called police,” claimed Kashyap. When TOI tried to contact Pawar, he refused to give any statement in the matter.