The victim in this incident was Yadav’s colleague Afroz Siddiqui. According to the complaint, Yadav, who is employed as a security guard at the domestic airport, was on duty on Wednesday along with Siddiqui near the U-turn point at Terminal 1’s arrival exit area
Incident occurred at the T1 airport exit point. File pic/Satej Shinde
A man was dragged for nearly 10 to 12 metres on the bonnet of a car following a parking-related argument at the Mumbai airport in Vile Parle, police said, adding a case has been registered at the Airport police station against the accused based on the complaint filed by Santosh Yadav, 39.
The victim in this incident was Yadav’s colleague Afroz Siddiqui. According to the complaint, Yadav, who is employed as a security guard at the domestic airport, was on duty on Wednesday along with Siddiqui near the U-turn point at Terminal 1’s arrival exit area.
At around 1.30 pm, when Yadav and Siddiqui were managing traffic in the area, they noticed a white car parked improperly. At Yadav’s instruction, Siddiqui asked the driver, Mohammad Shadab Khan, to move the vehicle. However, Khan ignored the request. When Siddiqui repeated the request, Khan began arguing instead. Siddiqui then called out to Yadav and informed him that the driver was refusing to move the car.
A police officer said, “As Yadav began walking towards Khan, the driver suddenly started the vehicle and tried to flee. At that moment, Siddiqui was standing in front of the car. Khan hit him, causing Siddiqui to cling to the car’s bonnet. Despite being aware of the incident, Khan continued driving for about 10 to 12 metres, dragging him along, according to Yadav's statement to us.”
“Other security guards and motorists at the scene tried to stop Khan, forcing him to halt the car abruptly, and Siddiqui was thrown to the side of the road. In a bid to escape, Khan restarted the car and rammed into another vehicle from behind,” a police officer further said.
Siddiqui sustained serious injuries to his back and arm and was immediately rushed to VN Desai Hospital for treatment, said police. Speaking with mid-day, Senior Inspector Madhukar Sanap of the Airport police station said, “We have registered a case against the car driver under sections 184, 134(B), and 134(A) of the Motor Vehicles Act, as well as sections 125(B) and 281 of the BNS. We also seized his car and sent a notice to him to be
present at the police station for the investigation.”
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