A 32-year-old businessman, allegedly under the influence of alcohol, rammed his SUV into police barricades at MIDC area and near Gokhale bridge in Andheri, injuring a constable and damaging two vehicles, around 1 am on Friday. According to the police, while fleeing from the first checkpoint, at MIDC, the accused’s vehicle dragged an iron barricade for some distance. Later, at the second checkpoint near Gokhale bridge, he attempted to run over traffic police constable Jaywant More, 37, and rammed into another barricade, which he dragged for nearly 3 km until he was stopped by locals, and arrested by police.

The accused, Sabyasachi Devpriya Nishank, is a Worli resident. A police officer said, “Nishank managed to escape after dragging the barricade at MIDC for some distance.”