Voter Adhikar Yatra: FIR filed against Rahul Gandhi’s vehicle driver after cop injured in Bihar; police await details | India News

Rahul Gandhi throughout Voter Adhikar Yatra (PTI picture)

NEW DELHI: An FIR has been filed against the driver of Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s vehicle after it hit a police constable in Bihar’s Nawada district in the course of the ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra,’ officers mentioned on Thursday.The incident passed off on Tuesday when the Congress MP’s convoy was passing via Bhagat Singh Chowk. The constable fell in entrance of Gandhi’s vehicle and sustained accidents.Confirming concerning the FIR, Nawada Superintendent of Police (SP) Abhinav Dhiman mentioned, “Yes, a case has been registered against the driver. Further details will be made known in due course”. He had earlier clarified that the constable had tripped in entrance of a convoy vehicle, which “barely touched his feet.”Earlier, the Bharatiya Janata Party had criticised the Leader of Opposition following the incident. In a submit on X, BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla shared a video in which a automobile carrying Rahul Gandhi was seen operating over a police constable. The policeman was later seen limping. The footage shortly went viral on social media.“Rahul Gandhi’s car crushed a police constable who was critically injured. Dynast did not even get down to check on him,” Poonawalla alleged in his submit.However, Gandhi was later seen aiding the injured officer. The video confirmed Gandhi stopping his vehicle, asking his supporters to carry the constable to his open jeep, providing him water and making him sit inside because the yatra continued.