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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\nNew Delhi: <\/span>A sales director at a private firm has been arrested in connection with an alleged hit-and-run case in which a traffic police constable was injured while attempting to stop an SUV being driven on the wrong side in southeast Delhi\u2019s Sarai Jullena. CCTV footage of the incident had gone viral, showing the officer being knocked down by the speeding vehicle.The accused, identified as Mohammad Mubashshir Abbas, 31, holds a postgraduate degree in mass communication. He had been working in Dubai for the past two years and returned to India about 10 days before the incident. He is currently employed as a sales director with a private firm in Connaught Place.DCP (Crime) Sanjeev Yadav said that on June 10, head constable Rahul Kumar<\/a> was deployed with other personnel at the Sarai Jullena traffic intersection leading towards Jamia Nagar. Around 9.45 am, a black SUV was seen approaching at high speed from the Jamia side on the wrong side of the road.When Kumar signalled the driver to stop, the latter allegedly accelerated, hit the constable and sped away towards Mata Mandir Marg. A case was subsequently registered and an investigation initiated.\u201cThe team under supervision of ACP Satendra Mohan examined CCTV footage along the route taken by the vehicle. Simultaneously, ground intelligence was developed, which helped identify the accused as Mohammad Mubashshir Abbas, a resident of Jamia Nagar,\u201d Yadav said.Police traced Abbas to Connaught Place Friday.During interrogation, Abbas told police he was heading to his workplace and was running late. To avoid heavy congestion near Sarai Jullena, he chose to drive against traffic. When stopped by traffic personnel, he allegedly tried to escape, hitting the constable before fleeing.Police said the offending vehicle was seized from the Jamia Nagar area, where it had been concealed by the accused.<\/div>\n