At least six people were injured on Sunday when a speeding Lamborghini allegedly driven by the son of a prominent tobacconist plowed into pedestrians and two-wheelers in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur.
Police said the incident took place on VIP Road in Kanpur’s upscale Gwaltoli area on Sunday. The accused has been identified as Shivam Mishra.
“The accident took place around 3:15 pm near Rev-3 Mall when a luxury car allegedly driven by Shivam Mishra, son of businessman KK Mishra, went out of control and rammed into people standing along the road and several vehicles, creating panic in the area,” DCP (Central) Atul Kumar Srivastava was quoted as saying by PTI.
What did the witnesses say?
Eyewitnesses told PTI that the car first hit an auto-rickshaw and then hit a parked Royal Enfield motorcycle.
The motorcycle rider was reportedly thrown nearly 10 feet into the air.
The car mounted the front wheel of the motorcycle and dragged it for some distance before hitting a power pole and coming to a stop.
One of the injured, Taufiq, a resident of Jamunaganje, was thrown several meters and sustained serious injuries to his legs, police said, according to PTI. The others suffered fractures and bruises.
Angry locals gathered at the spot and surrounded the car, forcing the driver to stay inside.
Witnesses claimed that private bouncers accompanying the accused tried to push back the crowd and behaved aggressively, escalating the tension.
The police went to the scene, freed the driver and took him and the injured to a private hospital.
Eyewitness Satyendra Singh Chandel told ANI, “A luxury car hit a couple of people on VIP Road yesterday. I heard that some bouncers of the luxury car driver broke the window and dragged the car driver. They took him away in another car.”
The damaged Lamborghini was impounded and taken to the police station, officials told PTI.
Chaos at the police station
A chaotic situation later erupted at the police station as the victims and locals alleged misbehavior by the associates of the accused and alleged that the police was trolling him because of his family’s influence.
Some protesters also alleged that there was pressure to compromise and that there was a delay in registering the case.
Sonu Tripathi, one of the injured, told media that he and his cousin were standing near a parked motorcycle when the car hit them. “My cousin was thrown from the bike and two others were thrown onto the pavement. We have filed a complaint,” he said.
DCP Srivastava said the vehicle has been impounded and further action will be taken based on the complaint.
“The injured have been given primary treatment. An FIR will be registered and further legal action will follow,” he said.
KK Mishra runs Banshidhar Exports Pvt Ltd, a firm involved in supplying tobacco to gutkha manufacturers in the region.
