By Hanika Kashyap
Kalyan Bainsla, the car driver accused of ramming his vehicle into a woman biker on Gurugram’s Golf Course Road on Sunday, has been arrested in Dausa, Rajasthan, police said. Gurgaon Police on Tuesday added an attempt to murder charge to the FIR against Bainsla following an investigation into the incident and analysis of CCTV footage.
Bainsla is accused of deliberately ramming a white Maruti Suzuki Ciaz into a woman riding a sports bike while she was travelling with a group of bikers. A video of the incident, which was widely shared on social media, shows the car following the group before allegedly swerving into the biker’s lane and colliding with her motorcycle.
According to police sources, the Ciaz allegedly involved in the incident belongs to an Army personnel currently posted in Assam and is registered in Palwal, Haryana. Bainsla had reportedly borrowed the car from him two days before the incident.
Senior police sources identified Bainsla as a gym owner from Palwal and a former kabaddi player.
Police spokesperson ASI Sandeep Kumar said the investigation, including an “intensive analysis” of CCTV footage, led to the addition of Section 109 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), relating to attempt to murder. The provision carries a punishment of up to 10 years’ imprisonment.
“After a thorough investigation and intensive analysis of CCTV footage, police added Section 109 of the BNS (attempt to murder), which carries a provision of up to 10 years imprisonment. The accused car driver, Kalyan Bainsla, who is now named in the FIR, will be arrested soon. Gurgaon Police is committed to strict action against the accused,” Kumar said.
Police had registered an FIR on Monday at the Sector 56 police station for rash driving and an act endangering the life or personal safety of others. The case was registered after police took suo motu cognisance of the video of the incident that had gone viral on social media.
Police said the victim’s statement would be formally recorded as part of the ongoing investigation.
Bainsla’s version of events
Before his arrest, Bainsla appeared in an interview with a news channel on Monday, where he gave his account of the incident. He claimed that the bikers were repeatedly speeding up, slowing down and cutting close to his car, which he described as “pinching” the vehicle.
Bainsla also claimed that he did not know a woman was riding the motorcycle and said he felt “sad” about what had happened.
The woman biker, Delhi-based Sia, later responded to his claims in a video statement shared on Monday night. She questioned why Bainsla had continued following her if he believed the bikers were driving improperly, and why he did not stop after the collision if he was remorseful.
Sia was riding an Aprilia RS 457 sports bike alongside members of a biking group when the incident took place on Sunday. A purported video shared on social media shows a car bearing a Haryana registration plate following the group before allegedly cutting sharply across lanes and colliding with Sia’s motorcycle.
In her video statement, Sia, who runs the Instagram account ‘rebelwheels_sia_’, directly addressed Bainsla’s televised remarks.
“He is saying that we were speeding up and slowing down, and pinching his car. The full video makes it clear who was pinching whom. And agar aapko aisa lag raha hai ki hum bike tez kar rahe hain, slow kar rahe hain, to aapka kya matlab banta hai ki poore raaste aap mujhe chase karein? (Even if you felt that we were speeding up or slowing down, what business did you have chasing me the entire way?)”
In driving and road-rage parlance, “pinching” refers to cutting in aggressively close to another vehicle, potentially forcing another road user to brake or move towards the edge of a lane.
Sia also rejected Bainsla’s claim that he was unaware a woman was riding the motorcycle. She said the accused had pulled up alongside her, gestured towards her and told her to stop.
“You obviously saw my hair. I have very long hair tied in a braid falling down my back. You pulled up alongside, gestured, and told me to stop the bike,” she said.
Responding to Bainsla’s questions about the number of riders present and why only two videos of the incident had emerged, Sia said the available footage was sufficient to establish what she described as a hit-and-run.
“Are two videos not enough for a hit-and-run case? One video shows you swerving from the front lane directly into the third lane, hitting me, and fleeing. Another front video from my camera shows you hitting me from the first lane to the third lane, dragging me completely along your vehicle, and throwing me onto the road,” she said.
Questioning his claim that he felt “sad” about the incident, Sia said that the accused should have stopped immediately after the collision and checked whether she was injured.
“If you felt so much sorrow for me, why didn’t you stop at that moment? It was your responsibility to stop, check on me, and see if I lwas injured… I could have suffered very deep injuries, my bones could have broken, or I could have died on the spot…” she said.
Woman biker Sia’s video evidence
Sia’s reaction to Kalyan’s arrest