SHILLONG:
Police have arrested three persons involved in reckless driving and dashing a white colour Maruti 800 car on the wall of the roundabout at Laitumkhrah Police Point on December 1.
The arrests were made after a video captured the white colour vehicle, without any registration, being driven recklessly with loud noise in the wee hours of December 1.
Following this incident, a suo-moto case was registered by the Police at Laitumkhrah Police Station vide No. 105(12)2023 under Section 279 of IPC and various sections of the Motor Vehicle Act.
The video footage had also gone viral in social media for which the Laitumkhrah Dorbar Shnong Pyllun had also filed an FIR in the Laitumkhrah Police Station and treated as supplementary FIR to the primary suo-moto FIR.
During the course of investigation, the aforesaid vehicle involved in the dangerous stunts at Laitumkhrah Police Point was traced by a team of the Laitumkhrah Police, led by OC Laitumkhrah from a garage at Laitkor Kyntonmon.
According to the office of the Superintendent of Police (SP), the persons who were apprehended admitted to have been involved in the dangerous driving after consuming alcohol.
The vehicle is identified to have the registration No. ML05 U 4845.
All the three accused along with the vehicle were brought to the Laitumkhrah Police Station for further questioning and legal action.
Taking cognizance of the matter, the DP office has urged the youths to refrain from such stunt driving which will put not only themselves but others on the road at risk.
The public have also been requested to provide information on such activities by dialling 112.