12/05/2017
*The Killer Ambulance*
Life saviors turn murderers!
In a sad and ironic twist, five ambulance drivers physically assaulted a young man and then ran him over with an ambulance. The life saving vehicle and its drivers turned into the life takers.
In a heated exchange between a 30-year-old man and five ambulance drivers, the latter bashed the victim and later knocked him over with their ambulance
The Charkop Police officials have arrested five ambulance drivers on account of the murder of a Kandivali-based youth after they ruthlessly bashed and killed him by knocking his bike over with their ambulance while he was trying to escape from their clutches. The 30-year-old victim died at the Oscar Hospital
where he was taken by a few locals.
The arrested accused have been identified as Shahabuddin Khan (25), Sachin Modak (23), Rambhavan Yadav (28), Shriram Yadav (28), Dastagir Sheikh (24) and Pankaj Sedane (34).
According to Charkop Police sources, on Sunday, the deceased Nitesh Patel had a heated argument with an ambulance driver at a Government Industrial Estate locality over some parking issue. Later, few more ambulance drivers joined and started beating up Nitesh and his colleague with no sign of wanting to stop.
However, the deceased and his colleague somehow managed to flee from the spot on a bike, but the ambulance drivers followed them and knocked them over. Nitesh's colleague managed to flee but Patel fell on the ground. A few locals later took Nitesh to the Oscar Hospital and subsequently the hospital authorities informed both, the local police and his family members.
Looking at the situation at that point of time, the police lodged an FIR against an unidentified vehicle driver. However, when Nitesh's colleague reached the hospital the next day, he narrated the entire incident to the police and on the basis of his statement, Charkop police have registered the second FIR. On Monday, when Patel was declared dead by the doctors, all the ambulance drivers were arrested and a third FIR was lodged.
The family members of the deceased have alleged that the police was trying to save the ambulance drivers and that it was a case of murder. “First they had brutally beaten the two of them and later, knocked them down. Everything was done intentionally so how can the police lodge an FIR under section 304 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) (Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder) , we want all the ambulance driver booked under section 302 of the IPC (Punishment for murder),” said a family member.
The Charkop police said, “On the basis of allegations, we have arrested five ambulance drivers under section 304. We are also checking the CCTV footage of the cameras installed near the spot where he was knocked down. We are doing the investigation as per the law. If required, necessary actions will be taken against the accused. All the arrested accused were booked under section 141 (Unlawful Assembly), 143 (Punishment), 147 (Punishment for rioting), 324 (Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means), 342 (Punishment for wrongful confinement) , 304 (Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and 34 (Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of IPC.”