The video showed Constable Dodda Lingayya, dressed in civil clothes, approaching a two-wheeler on a busy road and jumping before it.
A Bengaluru policeman risked his life by jumping before a two-wheeler to catch a thief. The incident that took place on Tuesday, was captured on CCTV camera.
The video showed Constable Dodda Lingayya, dressed in civil clothes, approaching a two-wheeler on a busy road and jumping before it. The person riding the two-wheeler was identified as Manjesh, who has 75 police cases pending against him, an NDTV report said.
As soon as the Constable jumped in front of the bike, Manjesh stopped it, but seconds later he went full throttle and dragged the cop for around 20 metres as he held on to the rider’s collar.
The collar slipped off the cop’s grip after a while, but he refused to give up and clung to the thief’s leg as he kept riding. Two traffic cops, upon noticing the commotion, rushed to help. The thief, however, overpowered one of them but was tackled by another.
Several passers-by also gathered and helped catch the thief. Police said that Manjesh had fled to Bengaluru from the Tumakuru district and had been on their radar for some time.
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