BENGALURU: Sufficient is sufficient. Pissed off with reckless wheelie stunts carried out on busy roads by determined children, a gaggle of enraged motorists and residents from villages off the Tumakuru freeway resorted to some drastic measures. To show the desperados a lesson the onerous means, they hurled two of their bikes off the flyover close to Nelamangala on the town outskirts on Thursday.
The act of hurling the bikes off the freeway was captured on cell phone cameras and uploaded on social media. Inside minutes, the video clips went viral, with netizens lauding the tit-for-tat. With wheelies changing into a typical sight on highways and even on busy metropolis roads, public anger in direction of such senseless acts has been steadily rising.
Cop: Patrolling stepped as much as maintain examine on wheelies
On Thursday, a stunt performers collided with one other two-wheeler from the rear, inflicting a minor accident close to Nelamangala. Disgusted with such reckless conduct, different highway customers current on the spot surrounded the youths and seized two of their gearless two-wheelers. They then hurled the bikes from the flyover onto the service highway some 30 ft beneath. By then, the youths had fled the scene.
After the video went viral, Nelamangala visitors police on Saturday registered a case.
“It is not uncommon apply amongst a bit of the youth from Bengaluru metropolis to take to highways to carry out wheelies, with their numbers going up throughout weekend mornings and midnights. Nevertheless, we’ve got elevated patrolling to examine their actions,” a senior police officer advised STOI.
“The mother and father or guardians of the 2 youths concerned within the Tumakuru freeway incident on Thursday reside in Mathikere and Yeshwantpur in north Bengaluru. Whereas the mother or father of one of many youths arrived on the police station Saturday night, we’re nonetheless searching for the opposite youth ,” an investigating officer stated.
“Based on the general public, there have been round eight youths on 4 two-wheelers, performing these stunts,” the officer added.
