India, Dec. 2 -- An autorickshaw driver in Bengaluru, accused of driving on the wrong side of the road, crashed into a scooter and later sped off with a traffic police officer still inside the vehicle.

According to the complaint, the officer was on duty on the night of 27 November when he noticed an autorickshaw entering the one-way stretch from 10th Cross in Sadashivanagar. Between 9 pm and 9.15 pm, the vehicle came from the wrong direction and hit an approaching scooter, as per a report by NDTV.

The traffic police stopped the autorickshaw and questioned the driver for the violation. He instructed him to pull over to the roadside. Although the driver initially appeared to cooperate, he suddenly accelerated towards Hebbal while the offi...