Chandigarh, March 16 -- What started as a night of drinking and reckless bravado ended in a bloodbath at the UT-Zirakpur barrier, where a heavily intoxicated driver crashed his Volkswagen Polo at over 150 kmph, killing two police personnel and an innocent bystander in a horrific accident past Thursday midnight.

The accused, Govind, alias Khandu, a 32-year-old resident of Hallomajra, had been drinking all night and bragged to his friends about "breaking through a police naka". True to his word, he accelerated his car instead of stopping, smashing through the Holi checkpoint and leaving a trail of destruction.

A day later, investigation revealed that Govind began his drinking spree in Industrial Area, Phase 1, before picking up three mino...