Gurugram hit-and-run victim Sia has broken her silence in an Instagram video, dismissing claims made by accused driver Kalyan Bainsla that the incident was an accident and that he did not deliberately hit her.
Bainsla, who rammed his car into Sia’s bike on Golf Course Road, had claimed that the collision occurred after she and other motorcyclists were riding at high speed and allegedly trying to provoke him.
“He is saying that we were riding the bike very fast on purpose and that we were trying to provoke him. But the footage clearly shows who was actually provoking whom,” Sia said.
She questioned Bainsla’s right to chase her, even if she had been speeding or slowing down.
Sia also rejected Bainsla’s claim that he felt sorry for her after the collision, pointing out that he did not stop at the scene. “If you felt so sorry for me, then why didn’t you stop? I could have died on the spot".
She further dismissed his claim that he did not realise a woman was riding the bike, saying he had come close to her, made gestures and signalled for her to stop.
“That is simply not possible. You saw my hair. You came close to me. You made gestures. You signalled for me to stop the bike. And now you are saying you did not even know a woman was riding it,” she said.
Earlier, Bainsla, a gym owner who describes himself as an international kabaddi player, told a news channel that he was travelling with his sister and two cousins when the incident occurred.
“I was travelling with my family. I didn’t make any gestures at the young woman; I simply asked her to ride her bike slowly. I admit that a collision occurred. Had I stopped right then, those people would have beaten us up,” he said.
Bainsla claimed that around 20 to 22 motorcyclists had sped past him and that he initially did not realise a woman was among them. He said he had asked Sia and a man accompanying her to slow down.
“She was turning without checking her mirrors; just then, near a U-turn, I lost control of the car, and the collision occurred. It was my fault; I admit it,” he said.
The incident took place on Sunday when Sia’s sports bike was allegedly struck from the side by Bainsla’s car while he was overtaking. The impact knocked Sia off the bike, after which she skidded several times along the road.
Sia escaped with minor injuries and later shared footage of the incident, recorded by a camera mounted on her Aprilia RS 457 sports bike.
Gurugram Police took suo motu cognizance of the incident after the video surfaced on social media and registered a case against the accused driver at Sector 56 police station under Sections 281 (rash driving) and 125 (causing injury) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
