BENGALURU: A 71-year-old man who attempted to stop a scooter that had actually hit his jeep by latching on to it was dragged for about 750 metres on West of Chord Road in Vijayanagar here on Tuesday afternoon, in an incident reminiscent of the horrific Delhi hit-and-drag case where a 20-year-old female was dragged to death while trapped under a vehicle.
Muttappa Shivayogi Thontapur of Hegganahalli, nevertheless, was fortunate.
An autorickshaw and an automobile chased after the scooterist and was successful in obstructing the two-wheeler in front of the Balagangadharnatha Swamiji Station, Hosahalli.
By then, passersby too had collected at the area and took the youth, Sahil Yasin, a resident of Nayandanahalli, to task.
Sahil declared that he never realised Muttappa was being dragged.
Soon, a Hoysala cops patrol automobile got here on the scene, detained Sahil and took him to Govindarajanagar police station.
Muttappa was moved to a personal hospital in an ambulance.
The incident was captured on video and went viral in no time.Youth charged with effort to murderMuttappa, who owns a printing press, had actually stopped his jeep by the roadside near the Magadi Road toll gate when he got a get in touch with his cellular phone.
He was on the call when Sahils scooter struck his automobile from behind.Muttappa alighted and faced Sahil, who contemptuously abused and dismissed him and attempted to speed away.
Not one to let go, Muttappa got the metal frame supporting the scooters rear seat, and held on to it.
His knees and toes were badly bruised and scraped.
His clothes and shoes remained in tatters.Vijayanagar traffic police station scheduled Sahil for rash and irresponsible driving, while Govindarajanagar authorities have actually charged him with attempt to murder and endangering life or personal security of others.