Just days after a lawyer was accused of killing two in a hit-and-run case under the influence of alcohol , comes a case of another woman who caught driving under the influence of alcohol.
A 42-year-old woman from suburban Bandra in South Mumbai who was caught driving drunk in Mumbai left police officials perplexed when she locked herself in the car.
According to police, when the woman asked to stop her car for taking a breath analyser test, she initially tried to escape but later stopped her vehicle at a distance.
As soon as she was found drunk, she rushed into her car and locked herself. High drama ensued for two hours during the midnight when the woman refused to come out of the car and locked herself inside the car with the AC on.
“Not only did she refuse to come out from the car, but also started smoking cigarettes with loud music. She abused and threatened the policemen, when they tried to get her out of the vehicle,” said B D Mane, a traffic policewoman who was present at the spot.
“There was a lot of smoke inside the car and anything could have happened due to extreme suffocation. So we had to break the glass and rescue her,” another officer said.
We have registered a case against the woman and she has been charged under Section 185 (drunken driving or driving under the influence of drugs) of Motor Vehicle Act and Section 110 (pertaining to indecent behaviour in public) of Bombay Police Act, a police official from Bandra Police station said. She was later released on a chalan of Rs 2000, police said.