Drunk woman held for hitting police barricade in Delhi, constable injured

A 40-year-old inebriated woman has been arrested after her car rammed into a police barricade and injured a constable on duty in outernorth Delhi’s Shahbad Dairy area, police said on Saturday.

The incident took place on the night of December 24 when a police picket was deployed as part of routine checking, they said.

Police said they received a call on Wednesday night stating that a white car has hit a policeman stationed at the picket and a woman was sitting inside the vehicle in an apparently intoxicated



condition.

On reaching the location, police found that a car has struck the barricade at the picket point.

The woman — identified as Arti Jain, a resident of Sector-16, Rohini — was found in the driver’s seat and appeared to be under the influence of alcohol, a senior police officer said.

The injured constable — Rohit of 1st Battalion, Delhi Armed Police — had already been shifted to Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital in Rohini. His condition is stated to be stable, the officer added.