MAPUSA
A group of tourists from Delhi had to pay dearly for driving a private car at Vagator beach after the car got stuck in the sand and partially submerged in the sea on Thursday evening. The driver was later arrested in the case.
According to sources, the Goa-registered car was taken by a group of tourists and they drove the car straight down to the beach from the Vagator helipad and drove around on the beach.
Sometime later, the car got stuck in the sand and partially submerged into the sea. A video of car being driven on the beach and later getting stuck in the sand had gone viral.
Lifeguards and locals rushed to the spot and the police was notified. The car was later towed away from the beach and police later arrested the driver Lalit Kumar Dayal from Delhi under Sections 279 and 336 of the IPC for driving a vehicle in a reckless manner and for endangering the lives of people and tourists.
Police has seized the car, which is owned by a person from Mapusa, and the Anjuna police will send a report to the RTO for further action.
Anjuna PI Vikram Naik is further investigating the case under the supervision of SDPO Mapusa Jivba Dalvi and North SP Shobit Saxena.
