A 26-year-old woman was seriously injured after her boyfriend, who is the son of a senior bureaucrat in Maharashtra, allegedly tried to mow her down with his car near a hotel in Thane city, police said on Friday.
The incident occurred on December 11 and the police registered a case against accused Ashwajit Gaikwad and two others under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 279 (rash driving), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) and others at the Kasarvadavali police station.
"The incident took place around 4.30 am on Monday near a hotel on Ghodbunder Road, where the woman had gone to meet Ashwajit Gaikwad. An argument broke out between the two. Later, when the victim collected her belongings from his car and started leaving, the one who was driving the vehicle tried to mow her down, due to which she fell down and suffered serious injuries," a police official said.
The victim later put out several social media posts to give information about the incident, the police said.
She is undergoing treatment at a hospital at present, they said, adding that Ashwajit Gaikwad is the son of a senior bureaucrat.
Talking to media, a senior police official denied the allegations levelled by the victim in her social media post that the police did not register the case as per her statement.
"Probe into the incident is underway and no arrest has been made so far," he said.
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