Bollywood actor Dilip Tahil, who has made a mark in the entertainment industry with his versatile performances, has found himself in trouble. On Sunday, he was sentenced to two months of imprisonment in a hit and run case from 2018 or drunk driving and injuring a woman. As per a report by Hindustan Times, the actor has rammed his car into an auto rickshaw which has injured two passengers.
Quoting a Live Mint report, the leading daily stated that a magistrate court convicted the veteran. The report states that ‘relying on the evidence of the doctor who opined that smell of the alcohol was found and pupils were dilated.’ For those who don’t know the actor, during his time of arrest in 2018, refused to give his blood samples to the police for an alcohol test. The internet is currently buzzing with the news.
For the unversed, the 70-year-old actor had attempted to flee after the incident but was caught in a traffic jam due to the Ganesh Visarjan processions. The victims had reportedly caught up with him and confronted him about the same. They got into an argument, which led the actor to push them around. He was then taken into custody after the police were summoned. The passengers were identified as Jenita Gandhi, 21, and Gaurav Chugh, 22.
An officer from the Khar police had told The Hindu, “The impact of the collision caused Ms Gandhi sustain a severe jolt to her back and neck. Ms Gandhi and Mr Chugh got off the autorickshaw and saw the car trying to flee towards Santacruz. The car could not get far as the street was crowded due to Ganeshotsav immersion processions.”
The actor is yet to react to the news of his imprisonment.
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