GANGTOK, May 01: ‘Never mix drinking with driving’ is possibly a common warning. However, drinking and mistaken parking led to the arrest of one Sunil Khati (29) residence of Arithang, Gangtok on 29 April.
Ms Roshni Rai, Deputy Secretary to Home Department, government of Sikkim on 29 April lodged a FIR against her stolen car (Maruti) bearing no. SK-04/ 7062 from Secretariat premises in Gangtok at the Sadar Police Station.
During the course of investigation, the Sadar Police discovered that on 28 April evening Ms Roshni Rai’s driver had not parked the vehicle at old Secretariat complex as reported. Answering to police interrogation, the driver Sunil Khati admitted that on the said evening he was drunk and as a matter of fact, he failed to recollect where exactly he parked the said vehicle.
However, on 30 April morning the missing Maruti car was traced at the Girls School Road, Deorali and was accordingly seized. The accused driver Sunil Khati was arrested under Section 379 against theft of the Indian Penal Code and is under investigation.
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