Cab driver speeds at 100km/hr with passengers to evade cops
Noida, Aug. 16 -- A couple and their young children endured a terrifying cab ride on Thursday after their 24-year-old driver suddenly sped off at 100km/hr to evade a police checkpoint near Noida Sector 119, refusing to stop despite their repeated pleas. Police followed the car for a few kilometres but called off the chase to avoid triggering an accident. The cab driver then dropped off the passengers and fled, and was arrested later that night, police said on Friday.
Two videos of the incident, recorded by the passengers, show the driver saying, "They will seize my car due to incomplete paperwork." While the woman can be seen shouting in panic and the children are crying, the father can be heard saying, "I have kids with me, please stop, I will pay the fine."
The accused was identified as Nasim (one name), who registered himself as "Sonu" with the cab aggregator, police said. He lives in Nodia Sector 113.
"At 1.30 pm on Thursday, I booked a cab online for Connaught Place from Noida Sector 119. After we boarded the cab, a Maruti Suzuki WagonR, the driver spotted a checkpoint near Sector 119 and suddenly sped up to evade the police," said Sanjay Mohan, who recorded the video and uploaded it on social media.
"After a ride of 3-4km at high speed, he dropped us. He also hit a two-wheeler near a roundabout," added Mohan. Police said the cab dropped Mohan and his family at Transport Nagar in Noida Phase 3.
Mohan said he uploaded the video on his social media account and Noida police took cognizance. Police said they tracked down the driver and arrested him on Thursday night.
"A case under sections 281 (rash driving), 137(2) (kidnapping), 127(2) (wrongful confinement), 319 (cheating by personation), 318(4) (cheating), 336(2) and 338 (forgery) of BNS was registered against Nasim and a challan of Rs.29,250 was issued," said Shakti Mohan Avasthy, deputy commissioner of police, Central Noida
There were traffic jams on the elevated road from Noida sectors 18 to 60 on Friday after multiple SUVs blocked one carriageway to shoot videos. "We fined them Rs.2.09 lakh," said an officer....
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