Man Arrested in Rajasthan After Viral Video Shows Car Ramming Woman Biker in Gurugram

Kalyan Bainsla, a gym owner and former kabaddi player from Palwal, was arrested in Rajasthan's Dausa on Tuesday in connection with a road rage incident in Gurugram. Bainsla and his cousin, Lavnish Gurjar, were apprehended after a video posted by a woman biker, identified as Sia or Shivani Chauhan, went viral on social media. The footage, recorded by a camera mounted on her Aprilia sportbike, shows a white Maruti Ciaz ramming into her on Golf Course Road, causing her to fall and skid for several meters. Gurugram police took suo motu cognisance of the event and initially registered an FIR for rash driving and endangering life. However, after analyzing CCTV footage and receiving a formal complaint, police added charges of attempt to murder, physical and digital stalking, and acts against the modesty of a woman under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

Sia alleged that the occupants of the car, whom she claimed appeared to be drunk, chased her and made obscene gestures and indecent comments before deliberately hitting her. Bainsla denied that the collision was intentional, stating he was traveling with his family and only asked the woman to ride slowly. He claimed he fled the scene out of fear of a mob attack or lynching. Bainsla's lawyer further alleged that the woman was driving at speeds between 140 and 170 kmph and suggested the video was a stunt to gain social media followers.

Police reported that Bainsla switched off his phone and absconded before his arrest. Following his apprehension, he allegedly attempted to escape police custody on the pretext of urinating, resulting in minor injuries from a fall. Sia, a Delhi resident and former municipal election contestant, questioned the accused's claims of remorse, asking why he did not stop to help her at the time of the crash.