‘If you felt sorry, why didn’t you stop?’ Gurugram biker Sia hits back at accused

New Delhi: Biker and Instagram creator ‘rebelwheels_sia_’ has hit back at Kalyan Bainsla, the man accused of hitting her motorcycle with his car in Gurugram, questioning his claim that he felt sorry for her after the crash.

In her first video reaction to Bainsla’s statements, Sia challenged his account of the incident and said videos of the crash clearly show what happened.

“If you felt so sorry for me, then why didn’t you stop? I could have died on the spot,” she said in the nearly three-minute video posted on social media.

Sia was responding to an interview in which Bainsla reportedly said he did not know whether the biker was a man or a woman and claimed that only one side of the incident had been shown. He also questioned why videos involving one of Sia’s male friends had not emerged.

“I felt very sorry for that girl,” Bainsla said in the interview.

Responding to his claim that the bikers repeatedly sped up and slowed down, Sia said her video showed who was actually trying to corner whom.

“If you felt we were speeding up and slowing down repeatedly, then what was the reason for chasing me throughout the route?” she asked.

She also rejected Bainsla’s claim that he was unaware that a woman was riding the motorcycle.

“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.

‘Are those two videos still not enough?’

Sia also questioned Bainsla’s argument that around 22 to 23 people were present at the scene but only two videos had emerged.

“I do not understand why those two videos are not enough in a hit-and-run case,” she said.

According to Sia, one video shows the car moving from the front lane into the third lane before hitting her and fleeing. She said another video, recorded from her own camera, shows the car moving from the first lane to the third lane, hitting her motorcycle and dragging her along the vehicle before she fell on the road.

“In one video, you can see the car moving into the third lane and hitting me before fleeing. In the other video from my camera, you can see the car come from the first lane to the third lane, hit me, drag me along, and then I fell on the road. Are those two videos still not enough for you?” she said.

Questioning Bainsla’s claim that he “felt sorry” for her, Sia said his actions after the crash suggested otherwise.

“If you really felt sorry for me, then why didn’t you stop? It was your responsibility. If you hit me, you should have stopped and checked whether I was injured,” she said.

She said the crash could have resulted in much more serious consequences.

“I could have suffered much more serious injuries. My bones could have been broken. I could have died on the spot,” she said.

“This display of sympathy does not suit him. The videos clearly show how they fled. They did not stop even for a second to check whether the person they had hit was alive or dead,” she added.

Sia also said incidents involving aggressive behaviour on the roads contribute to women feeling unsafe in Delhi and Gurugram.

“I feel ashamed of people who say their families are suffering because of this. I do not think such people ever stop to think that they also have sisters and women in their families. Women feel extremely unsafe because of behaviour like this in Delhi and Gurugram,” she said.

Biker alleges bike was dragged nearly 300 metres

Sia has filed a complaint with Gurugram Police against Bainsla, alleging that she was harassed before her motorcycle was hit by a car on Sunday morning.

According to her complaint, the incident took place on September 13 at around 7 am while she was travelling towards Biker Barn Cafe with a group of friends, each riding separate motorcycles.

She alleged that a white Maruti Suzuki Ciaz, bearing registration number HR30L4949, encountered them on Golf Course Road. According to Sia, the occupants appeared to be intoxicated and repeatedly attempted to harass her and stop her motorcycle.

“When I crossed them, they suddenly crossed my path and hit my bike,” she alleged in the complaint.

Sia further alleged that the impact caused her motorcycle to be dragged for nearly 300 metres before the occupants of the car fled.

“My friends tried to chase them, but they ran away from the spot,” the complaint stated.

She has sought immediate police action against the accused.