The Ride of a Lifetime

A police constable was taken on a wild half-hour ride at breakneck speed around Bangalore by a young man who he had stopped for questioning.

A police constable was taken on a wild half-hour ride at breakneck speed around Bangalore by a young man who he had stopped for questioning. Head constable Sundaraiah and his partner had seen a young man, later identified as Abdul Fahim, trying to start a motorbike without a key. When asked for the vehicle’s documents, Abdul was evasive. Sundaraiah hopped on to the bike behind Abdul and directed his partner to follow on the patrol bike to the police station. But Abdul sped away into the night and the other constable soon lost sight of them. He accelerated through narrow alleys at speeds often touching 100 kmph. Nearly 30 minutes into the ordeal, the bike crashed into a checkpost and Sundaraiah was thrown off. Fahim slipped away, bleeding. Sundaraiah was severely injured and admitted to Victoria Hospital. A short while later, a night patrol found an unconscious Fahim and brought him to the same hospital. One of the nurses on duty was shocked to see her son being wheeled in.

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Anil Budur Lulla