Gurgaon: A 35-year-old man was trapped under a Maruti Suzuki Grand Vitara after the SUV allegedly hit him outside his house in Faridabad’s Sector 85 on Thursday night. The driver allegedly moved the vehicle back and forth several times before fleeing, leaving the injured man pinned underneath.A video of the incident surfaced on Sunday, showing the victim’s family crying as his wife desperately pushed the car in an attempt to free her husband. Neighbours eventually gathered at the spot and helped rescue him by moving the vehicle.The victim, Sanjeev Kumar, a mason from Bihar’s Munger district, lives in Faridabad’s BPTP in Sector 85 with his wife and three children. “He was returning from work on his bicycle on the night of Oct 15 and had stopped outside his house when the SUV, allegedly driven by Lalit Mishra, another Sector 85 resident, hit him,” a police officer said.Sanjeev was dragged under the vehicle on impact. His wife, Pushpa Devi, alleged that the driver got out of the car, saw her husband trapped underneath and fled without helping him. She also alleged that he was under the influence of alcohol. The driver abandoned the vehicle at the spot, and police later seized it.After neighbours helped pull Sanjeev out, he was taken to a private hospital. His relative, Chandan, said he suffered serious injuries to his spine and chest and was struggling to speak and breathe. “He received 10 stitches in the area above his neck, while both his shoulders were fractured. His legs were also badly scraped,” he said.Sanjeev’s medical examination recorded five injuries, including wounds on his chin, head, hand and both knees, police said.Police arrested Mishra on Saturday and registered a case at Kheri Pul police station under sections 281 and 125 of BNS, which deal with rash driving on a public way and acts endangering life or personal safety, respectively. He was later granted bail.Sanjeev is undergoing treatment in hospital, the officer said.
