Gurgaon: Two men have been arrested after the car they were in rammed into a police barricade, injuring a home guard, near Shankar Chowk on Friday. Police said both were drunk.
The men have been identified as Arnav Bhattacharya and Naveen Parnasi. According to police personnel who were present at the checkpost, they were checking for drunk driving late on Friday night when a car came speeding from the Sikanderpur side and rammed into the barricade. “One of the home guards was hit in the accident and thrown off,” a police officer said.
When the police personnel checked the men inside the car, they were found to be heavily drunk. They were detained and sent to custody. An FIR registered against them at DLF phase-2 police station.
“We have arrested them as per the law. They will be produced in court for further action,” a police officer said.
Incidents of policemen getting injured due to people attempting to drive through barricades are often witnessed in the city, especially during the weekends. In 2019, a traffic police officer was injured after the motorcycle he was riding was hit by a speeding Fortuner on the Gurgaon-Faridabad Road.