Entry row: SUV drags colony guard for 60m

Ludhiana: Upset over being asked to come from the main gate after making a proper entry, a man driving an SUV decided to teach a security guard of a posh colony a lesson. He rolled up the windowpane so quickly that the guard’s arm got stuck in the window. Thereafter, the SUV driver dragged the guard to some distance before the latter’s arm came out of the window. The guard was injured in the incident.
Khanna police have booked the SUV driver for injuring the security guard.
In his complaint to the police, Gurpal Singh who works as a security guard at a posh colony in Khanna said at 2.30pm, an SUV “forcibly” entered the colony from gate number 3 on Friday and its driver parked the vehicle on the backside of a house. He asked the driver to take the vehicle to main gate and make an entry. Gurpal said he was pointing to gate number 2 when the driver started the SUV and rolled up his windowpane negligently.
Gurpal said his arm got struck in the windowpane of the vehicle and the driver dragged him for a long distance. He fell down once he could pull his arm out of the SUV’s windowpane. He later informed the police.
Police later booked the accused under Sections 279 (Rash driving or riding on a public way) and 337 (Causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others) of the IPC.
Head constable Harnek Singh, investigating officer (IO) of the case, said records showed the address of the vehicle owner in a town near Ambala on Paonta Sahib road. He indicated that the owner may have sold the vehicle to other person.
The IO said Gurpal suffered scratches on the arm and injuries in his eye and knees. He added that the accused had allegedly dragged Gurpal to about 50-60 metres.
Meanwhile, CCTV footage of the vehicle has also gone viral on the social media.
The registration number of the vehicle (HR-76C) suggested that the vehicle was registered by RTO Pataudi in Haryana.
Special day for Gurpal
Jasbir Kaur, sister of Gurpal Singh, said it was first Lohri of her brother since the birth of his child and they had organised a function at his place. But then they got information about the incident and went to the hospital where her brother was admitted. Gurpal’s family demanded action against the accused.