Maharashtra bureaucrat’s son allegedly runs over girlfriend after fight, no arrest

A woman sustained injuries to her entire body after her boyfriend allegedly tried to mow her down with his car near a hotel in Thane.

The incident took place on December 11 and the man, Ashwajit Gaikwad, is the son of Anil Gaikwad, a Managing Director at the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation.

The woman, Priya Singh, posted the incident on her Instagram profile and said she had gone to meet Ashwajit at 4 am on December 11 at a family function after he called her. She noticed that he was “behaving strangely” and asked to talk to him in private.

Priya added that he was accompanied by a friend who started insulting her. Ashwajit started hitting her after she asked him to defend her, she said.

“My boyfriend slapped me, tried to strangle my neck, I tried to push him away. He bit my hand, beat me, pulled my hair and his friend out of nowhere pushed me to the ground,” said Priya Singh on her Instagram.

She added that she ran to his car to get her phone and her bag and that’s when Ashwajit asked his driver to run her over. After running over her legs, they fled away from the site, she further said.

“My right leg is broken and I had to undergo surgery, had to put a rod in my right leg. I have bruises all over my body, my arms, my back and my stomach area is deeply scrapped,” said Priya. She added that she had been dating Ashwajit for four-and-a-half years.

According to her, she tried to register a case at the Kasarwadavli Police Station in Thane after the incident, but the personnel there refused to due to pressure from higher ups.

After putting her story on social media, her story gained traction and a case was filed at the same police station against Ashwajit Gaikwad and two others including the driver, under Sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 279 (rash driving), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) and others under the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

Priya Singh is currently undergoing treatment at a private hospital. She alleged that Ashwajit’s friends have been threatening her and her sister for registering the FIR.

A senior police official denied the allegations levelled by the woman that the police did not register the case as per her statement, reported PTI news agency. “Probe into the incident is underway and no arrest has been made so far,” the official told PTI.