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Rash driving case registered after video of car dragging motorcycle with man on bonnet goes viral

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Asghar, M. (2026, September 28). Rash driving case registered after video of car dragging motorcycle with man on bonnet goes viral. Dawn. https://www.dawn.com/news/2033312/rash-driving-case-registered-after-video-of-car-dragging-motorcycle-with-man-on-bonnet-goes-viral

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Dawn · collected 2026-09-28 · by Mohammad Asghar

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On Monday in Rawalpindi, police registered a case of rash driving after a viral video showed a person holding onto a car's bonnet while another motorcycle was being dragged behind them. The incident occurred on September 25 when one car hit another, causing the driver to climb onto the first vehicle’s bonnet; this car then struck and dragged the motorcyclist along the road. Police at New Town registered the case based on an FIR that cited Sections 279 (rash driving) and 427 (mischief damaging property worth over fifty rupees) of the Pakistan Penal Code, but no arrests have been made yet.
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Police in Rawalpindii registered a case of rash driving after a video went viral showing a person clinging to the hood of a moving vehicle while a motorcycle was dragged behind. The incident occurred on September 25, and the video was circulated widely on social media days later, prompting an investigation. According to a First Information Report (FIR), the black car hit the white Honda Civic, causing its driver to climb onto the bonnet of the black vehicle, which then struck and dragged a motorcycle along the road. The case was registered at New Town police station under Sections 279 (rash driving) and 427 (mischief causing damage) of the Pakistan Penal Code.

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Police registered on Monday a case of rash driving after a video of a moving vehicle with a person atop its bonnet and a motorcycle being dragged with it was widely shared on social media.
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2026-09-28 · Dawn
Rash driving case registered after video of car dragging motorcycle with man on bonnet goes viral · assertive framing

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Police registered on Monday a case of rash driving after a video of a moving vehicle with a person atop its bonnet and a motorcycle being dragged with it was widely shared on social media. asserted
video → register → media
In the video, the person on the bonnet is seen holding on to the sides of the vehicle and the motorcycle being dragged along the road, having been caught under the car’s fender. asserted
person → see → fender
According to the first information report (FIR), a copy of which is available with Dawn, the case was registered at New Town police station on the complaint of New Town Traffic Police Inspector Wahid Ikhlaq. uncertain
case → accord → Ikhlaq
The FIR invoked Sections 279 (rash driving or riding on a public way) and 427 (mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees) of the Pakistan Penal Code. asserted
FIR → invoke → Code
The account detailed in the FIR involves two cars, a black vehicle and a white one, identified as a Honda Civic. asserted
account → detail → Civic
The FIR quoted the complainant as saying that he came across the video of the incident. asserted
he → quote → incident
After a probe, it was revealed that the clip was from Sept 25. asserted
clip → reveal → Sept
The findings revealed that at around 11:25pm, the black vehicle hit the white one. asserted
vehicle → reveal → one
Then, with the white car’s driver on the black car’s bonnet, the latter hit a motorcycle, dragging it along the road, the FIR said. asserted
FIR → hit → road
The white car’s driver has not been identified, and neither has the driver of the black vehicle, against whom the case has been registered. asserted
case → identify → whom
No arrest has been made so far. asserted
arrest → make → ?
The complainant termed the incident “clear proof of negligence, carelessness and causing harm”. asserted
complainant → term → harm
He added that this act was a “clear violation of the law and intentionally damaging a vehicle”. asserted
act → add → vehicle
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