Wadala: A 19-year-old has been arrested for allegedly ramming his two-wheeler vehicle into a 56-year-old policeman during nakabandi on Wednesday. The cop suffered multiple fractures.
The teen biker was stopped for driving without wearing helmet. He was asked for his vehicle registration documents, ran over the cop in an attempt to escape but was nabbed by other cops.
Assitant sub-inspector Suresh Maruti Dhale of RAK Marg police station has sustained three fractures in his right shoulder and other minor injuries. Currently, the 56-year-old cop is admitted at the Wockhardt hospital in Agripada.
As per the officials, the incident took place outside Wadala railway station where 'nakabandi' checkpoint was erected on the Northbound stretch of the RAK Marg in the evening.
A sub-inspector at the police station said, "As he did not have the documents he sped his two-wheeler and rammed into ASI Dhale who had blocked his way."
Dhale fell on his shoulder while other cops nabbed the biker, who is identified as Mohammed Salim Shaikh, a resident of Sangam Nagar in Wadala.
"Dhale was first taken to a nearby Sanjivani hospital and later shifted to Wockhardt hospital. Doctors have opined that Dhale would need to undergo surgery to treat the internal injury and fractures he sustained to his shoulder," Hindustan Times quoted the case investigation officer as saying.
The teenager has been booked under sections 353, 279, and 338 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and 184, 181, 129, and 179 of the Motor Vehicle Act.
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