BMW driver rammed several vehicles before colliding a pole on the Judges Bungalow-Manekbaug Road on Thursday. the incident could have been as grievous, had not the bystanders rushed to safety on seeing the speeding car tearing down the road At around 3 am on Thursday.
The police arrested Kamlesh Tulsibhai Bishnoi, a resident of Shiromani bungalows in the city’s CTM area. According to the police they chased the car from Pakwan Cross Roads but the BMW driver sped away and dashed into several vehicles. the car was speeding at 200 kmph. Bishnoi, originally from Rajasthan, had crossed the Rajasthan-Gujarat Border in an inebriated state. He had also broken the barricades placed on the road at the checkpoints.
The car finally halted after it hit a pole. He was arrested under section 185 of the Motor Vehicle Act and section 66(1)(b) of the Prohibition Act. Witnesses said that the 40-year-old man was maneuvering his BMW car on the street and was moving at a high speed even after a tyre went burst. His vehicle flaunted the word ‘BISHNOI’ across its rear.