In a latest incident of road rage, a 53-year-old driver of a DTC bus was brutally beaten up by four men when the bus accidentally brushed the Innova car in Outer Delhi's Mundka area on Monday morning. The incident took place in the presence of scores of passengers who did not try to save the bus driver from the four people.
The incident took place at around 5.40 am near metro pillar no 752 in Tikri border area when 53-year-old Praveen Kumar, the driver, was heading from Rajghat to Bahadurgarh.
"All of a sudden, an Innova car came and hit the DTC bus. Annoyed that their car had got scratches, four men came out of the Innova car, took out Praveen and started hurling abuses at him. This further degenerated when the four people started beating Praveen. All this happened in the presence of a dozen bus passengers and the bus conductor. No one came forward to help the driver," said police sources.
After hitting the bus driver black and blue, they fled from the spot.
The driver managed to inform the police after which a team of Mundka police reached the spot and took Praveen to a nearby hospital.
Police said that they have registered a case under sections 186, 353, 332 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against unknown people at the Mundka police station.
Following the incident, Praveen has been discharged. He works as a driver at the Rajghat depot in the Delhi Transport Corporation. He lives with his family in Bahadurgarh area.