Mumbai: 27-Year-Old Firm Executive Arrested After Reverse SUV Crash Injures Constable At Khar Drunk-Driving

Siddharth Mahalingam, 27, was arrested after reversing his SUV at high speed to evade a drunk-driving checkpoint in Mumbai's Khar, injuring police constable Ashok Borude.

Borude suffered 12 stitches on his lower jaw and 3 on his forehead after his jaw got lodged in the SUV's rear windshield.

Mahalingam's breath analyser test showed blood alcohol level at 166.8 ug/100 ml, exceeding the legal limit.

He was booked under BNS Sections 110, 125(a), 281, and 324(4), and Sections 184 and 185 of the Motor Vehicles Act, and remanded to judicial custody.