This is the moment an allegedly drunk driver rammed into a petrol pump in northern India as an attendant looked on helplessly.

Footage filmed by a CCTV camera at Saluja petrol station in Mungeli in central India shows an SUV driving in to fill up on April 12.

The driver loses control of the vehicle and slams straight into one of two fuel pumps, knocking it over.

Petrol station workers caught the driver and three other men all of whom they claimed were drunk.

Business owner, Shailendra Saluja, filed a complaint with local police who arrested all the accused.

Saluja said he had suffered a loss of Rs three lakhs or 2,903 GBP.

This was the moment a drunk driver knocked down a fuel dispenser at a petrol pump as an attendant watched helplessly.

A CCTV camera at Saluja petrol pump in Mungeli in central India filmed a SUV driving in to fill fuel on April 12. The driver loses control of the vehicle, which runs over and completely destroys one of the two fuel dispensers.

Petrol pump workers caught the driver and three other men all of whom turned out to be drunk. Owner of the pump, Shailendra Saluja, has filed a complaint with local police who arrested all the accused. Saluja said he had suffered a loss of Rs three lakhs (2,903 GBP).