MG Road

It was 5.45 pm on Saturday when the Ulsoor traffic police received a message on the wireless about five youth on five motorbikes performing wheelies on. The miscreants, they were told, were headed down the city’s most important artery towards Webb’s Junction. The game was afoot.The police acted swiftly and informed traffic police constable Nagaraj, who was manning Webb’s Junction, to turn the signal red and nab the menaces on wheels when they stopped at the signal.Meanwhile three policemen from the Cobra squad, jumped on to two souped-up Pulsars and rocketed down MG Road towards Webb’s Junction. But the youths weren’t wet behind the ears and soon realised that something was amiss when they saw the signal at Webb’s turn red out of sequence. Not willing to sit tight and take their chances, the youngsters spun their motorcycles around and headed back down MG Road, against the traffic.Startled motorists did everything to avoid the mechanized posse as the barreled down the street. But pretty soon the five bikers saw trouble approaching them. The Cobras had caught sight of them and were heading straight for them. Unfortunately for the Cobras, three of the five bikers, acted quickly and veered right on to Brunton Road and rode to what is most-likely to be short-lived freedom. The other two, however, were not that quick and were swiftly nabbed by the oncoming Cobras.The police seized their bikes- a Yamaha R15 (KA-01-HB-5229) and Yamaha RXZ (KA-04-Y-7136) and booked them for more than seven traffic violations (riding against traffic, reckless riding, riding without a DL, traffic obstruction, drag racing, using defective silencers and riding without a helmet) and fined them Rs 2,200 each. The bikers have been directed to pay the fine in court.The police have identified the youths as 19-year-old Sharath, a BBM student and 20-year-old Abhishekh, a BPharm student.“Traffic police sub-inspector M L Nijalingappa on his Cobra (patrolling bike), assistant sub-inspector K Nanjundappa and police constable Siddaiah on another Cobra chased the youths from Trinity junction towards Webb’s junction. Among the five, three youths who were on three different Yamaha bikes escaped via Brunton Road. The other two youths were nabbed when the four policemen, with great difficulty, nabbed them,” the Ulsoor traffic police said.Efforts are on to nab the other three bikers, who have been identified .