To Escape Challan, Pakistani Woman Tries To Run Over Traffic Police Officers

A shocking video has emerged from Pakistan that shows a woman fleeing from the traffic police by almost running over the personnel after an argument between her and the officer escalated. The video shows the woman shouting at a police personnel and asking him why he disrespected her by referring to her as “Tu”. The police personnel asserts that he did not disrespect her. She then asks the police officer who was standing in front of her car, to move away. When the police officer shakes his head to say no and refuses to move, the woman simply drives the car. The car hits the traffic policeman and he falls on the side. Luckily he does not get seriously hurt despite colliding with the car. A police car chases the woman.

A video that recorded this incident caused much outrage in Pakistan. It was shared online by X user Rubab Hayat on April 22. As per the video’s caption, the woman was stopped for overspeeding. The traffic police was issuing her a challan when the argument ensued.

Commenting on the clip, an X user wrote, “I never understood why people fight over a few hundred rupee challans, just get the ticket and get moving. Let alone running your car over someone just because you want to get out of paying couple of hundred rupees? Tell me you are poor without telling me you are poor.”

Another person wrote, “The ending was so? People with money lack basic empathy and humanity. The fact that she’d get away with it because this kind of attitude is only portrayed by pieces of shit who have deep contacts.”

Commenting on the woman’s sense of entitlement an X user wrote, “So they detained her because she was speeding and she’s angry and nearly ram someone over because they said “TU” instead of “app”? Make it make sense.”

Some people also pointed out the rampant corruption among police in Pakistan, which often makes the public hostile to them. Sharing this sentiment, an X user gave the woman the benefit of the doubt and wrote, “We don’t know what happened there…..but these policemen always take money and they are corrupt too.”

According to the Pakistan Observer, this incident took place in Islamabad. The woman was apprehended and arrested. She was later shifted to Rawalpindi for further legal proceedings. Her identity has not been revealed.