In yet another incident of road rage in the national Capital, a 28-year-old cab driver was brutally thrashed by a group of four unidentified men in Rohini District’s Begumpur area in the wee hours of Monday for not letting their vehicle pass. Police said that it was an incident of road rage where the group beat the victim with irod rods and wooden sticks. Moreover, the group broke the window and windshield of the taxi after which they fled.
Police on Tuesday said that they are checking the CCTV cameras of the area to establish the identity of the culprits.
“In the wee hours of Monday, Shankar, a private cab driver was passing through the Rohini Sector-24 area. When he reached near the petrol pump, a speeding Swift car, coming in a zig zag manner, it came to a halt in front of Shankar’s cab,” said a senior police officer.
When he asked the car occupants to move aside their car to let his car pass, a scuffle ensued between them and the group of four men brutally thrashed Shankar. They even damaged the cab.
It was only when a passer by saw Shankar bleeding profusely and he informed the Police Control Room. A team of Begumpur Police rushed Shankar to a nearby hospital where he was treated for his wounds and discharged later.
Based on the cab driver’s statement, police said that they have registered a case under relevant Sections of the IPC at the Begumpur Police Station.