Hyderabad: Revellers with ganja drive car into a cop
Police said occupants were going to smoke the drug.
Hyderabad: In an attempt to escape police checking, an engineering student rammed his car into a sub-inspector who was on duty at Ananthagiri during the early hours of Thursday morning. SI K, Krishna fractured his left leg and injured his right and is undergoing treatment at KIMS Hospital in the city.
The Vikarabad police who took the student and three friends who were with him in the car, into custody, found ganja in their possession, and booked them under the NDPS Act, and relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code for injuring the policeman.
The incident took place at around 2 am on Thursday, when a team of police personnel from Vikarabad district, including Nawabpet sub-inspector K. Krishna, was checking drunk drivers.
Seeing that checking was going on, the student driving the car heading towards Kotpally Reservoir stopped and took a turn to escape the checking, but rammed into SI Krishna before stopping.
Vikarabad DSP Sanjeeva Rao said the car was driven by Imran Ali, 22, a resident of Tolichowki. His friends were Naveed, Anwar, and Sameer. He said that the youngsters were not drunk, but were on their way to the reservoir to celebrate the New Year, and were in possession of ganja.
“They had stuffed ganja in cigarettes and were going to the reservoir to smoke the drug. The investigation revealed that they purchased ganja from Dhoolpet,” said the DSP.
Doctors at KIMS where the injured policeman was admitted said he was stable but it would take him at least three months to walk.
"His left thigh facture needs major surgery and will need intramedulary nailing (insertion of rod). The surgery is being planned for tomorrow and he will be discharged from hospital on Monday. He will need a walking aid for at least three months. He needs to walk without putting any weight on that leg," said Dr IV Reddy, consultant orthopaedist and trauma surgeon at KIMS Hospitals.
