Safdarjung Tomb (Specific picture by Amit Mehra)
A person rammed his automotive into the principle gate of Safdarjung Tomb in Central Delhi, and in addition broken a discover board, round 3 am Monday. Police stated the motive force, Vijay Bahri (32), a resident of Rampura in Northwest Delhi, misplaced management of the car as he was allegedly in an inebriated state.
The automotive, which got here from the route of Lodhi Highway, rammed into the principle gate of the UNESCO World Heritage web site. It additionally hit the stone discover board and broken it, stated a senior police officer, including that there was no harm to the principle monument.
Bahri was rushed to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, police stated, including that he didn’t maintain any severe accidents.
Police have lodged an FIR after receiving a grievance from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), which takes care of the monument, beneath IPC Part 279 (rash driving), Part 3 of the Prevention of Harm to Public Property Act, 1984, and part 185 of the Motor Autos Act.
An ASI official instructed The Indian Express that restore work can be taken up quickly and they’ll press for the price of damages to be paid by the errant driver, because the FIR contains costs beneath damages to public property act.
