Nagpur: A 35-year-old man was forced to tie his wife’s body to his motorcycle after she was run over by a speeding truck on a highway in Maharashtra’s Nagpur, as no passing vehicle came to his aid, police said on Monday.

A video of the heartbreaking incident, which occurred on the Nagpur–Jabalpur national highway on 9 August, has surfaced on social media. The police reportedly shot the video before stopping the two-wheeler.

Accident details

According to the police, Amit Yadav, a resident of Seoni district in Madhya Pradesh, was travelling with his wife Gyarsi from Lonara in Nagpur to their village Karanpur in the neighbouring state when a speeding truck hit their motorcycle.

As Gyarsi fell on the road, the truck ran over her and sped away, they said.

No help from passing motorists

Although Yadav pleaded for help from passing motorists, none of them stopped. Left with no choice, he tied Gyarsi’s body to the two-wheeler to take her home, police said.

Police intervention

A police van later intercepted the two-wheeler and took the body to the Indira Gandhi Medical College in Nagpur for a post-mortem examination.

In the viral video, Yadav can be seen riding the motorcycle with his wife’s body tied to the pillion seat, hanging precariously.

Case registered

The police have registered a case under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and a probe will be initiated in the matter, an official said.

PTI inputs