Maharashtra: Dutch woman rams stolen jeep into car, arrested

Ajay Kumar Bansal, Superintendent of Police of Satara District, told Express over phone, “Primary probe suggests that the woman, a 24-year-old Netherlands citizen, stole the jeep in Patan and then drove to Karad. She was apprehended after she caused an accident in Karad. No one has received any serious injury in the accident. We have launched a probe in the incident and are investigating the motive behind the theft, her purpose visiting a place like Patan. Focus of the probe will also be the validity of her visa which prima facie she has overstayed.”

Police officials said that the woman has come to India on a tourist visa and has overstayed it by over a month’s time.

Preliminary information also suggested that she was being chased by the owner of the jeep when she caused the accident in Karad. Officials however said that they were verifying it.