Gurugram hit-and-run: 2-km chase after overnight club party preceded biker Shivani Chauhan’s crash

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A screenshot of the incident as captured by cameras mounted on Shivani Chauhan’s sports bike. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

Two days after the arrest of two men in the Gurugram hit-and-run case involving woman biker Shivani Chauhan, known as Sia, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the incident has found that the accused and three friends were returning from an overnight party at a club when they chased the woman on Golf Course Road, police sources told The Hindu.

The investigation has revealed that Kalyan Bainsla, who was driving the car, and his three friends had been at Empire Club Bar and Lounge in Sector 25 of Gurugram between midnight and 5 a.m. before leaving together, the sources said. Lavnish was seated in the passenger seat at the time of the incident.

The first interaction between the occupants of the car and Ms. Chauhan took place near Sector 53 Metro station. After a brief altercation, Lavnish instigated Mr. Bainsla to chase the biker, following which the car pursued her for around 1.5 to 2 kilometres before hitting her two-wheeler, the SIT sources said.

The sequence is now a key focus of the investigation as police seek to establish whether the collision was an accident, as claimed by Mr. Bainsla, or a deliberate act following a chase, as alleged by Ms. Chauhan.

The incident was recorded by cameras mounted on Ms. Chauhan’s sports bike and her biker friends, with the footage later circulating widely on social media and triggering outrage. The police had initially registered a case under provisions relating to rash driving and endangering life. Following an examination of CCTV footage and the video recorded by the biker, an attempt-to-murder charge was subsequently added to the FIR.

A five-member SIT, comprising the Station House Officer of Gurugram’s Sector 55/56 police station, officials from the Sohna crime branch and other personnel, is investigating the case.

Mr. Bainsla, who was arrested in Rajasthan, and Lavnish were produced before a Gurugram court on Wednesday (September 16, 2026) and sent to two days’ police custody. The police sought their custody to recreate the sequence of events and establish how the collision occurred.

The SIT has also served notices on the two other occupants of the car. Their statements will be recorded as part of the investigation, after which the police will decide whether their arrest is required, sources said. The police have also sought the CCTV footage of the club.

Meanwhile, blood and urine samples of the accused have been sent for forensic examination and the reports are awaited. As the arrests were made three days after the incident, police could not establish their blood alcohol concentration (BAC) through an immediate test. The forensic reports are expected to help investigators determine whether the accused had consumed alcohol or any other substance before the incident.

Ms. Chauhan has alleged that the occupants of the car were intoxicated and deliberately chased and hit her. Mr. Bainsla, however, has denied intentionally ramming into her and told the police that the collision was an accident.

The police are examining the competing claims through CCTV footage, witness statements and reconstruction of the scene.Police said the accused hurled abuses at the biker and tried to kill her during the chase.

For Ms. Chauhan, however, the arrest of two men is only the beginning of the process. She said she was not satisfied with the arrest of just two of the four occupants and demanded that all those involved face action.

“The mistake they made was trying to stop and harass a girl in broad daylight on the road and hitting her so hard that she could have even died,” she said.

“I also want to say that their arrest is not something that gives me satisfaction. When people ask me whether they have been arrested, I feel that this is only the first part of the process. All four men should be arrested and given the strictest possible punishment, and an example should be set so that in the future, any man, whether in a car or on a bike, thinks ten times before harassing any girl,” she said.

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