A 24-year-old law student was killed in an incident of road rage when a scuffle broke out between him and a security guard when motorcycle of the latter accidentally touched the law student. The incident took place in North Delhi’s Burari area on Thursday night.
Police said that the incident was reported at 11:45 pm on Thursday. Ashish Bhardwaj, a law student of a private university in Gurgaon was out for a walk with his two friends, Anup and Himanshu.
Ashish was a native of West Champaran in Bihar and was living in the national Capital in a rented accommodation in Jharoda.
“At around 11 pm, Ashish was walking on the Nala road near Hardev Nagar when a biker came and touched him.
As per the statements of Ashish’s friends, the biker started arguing with them. “When the three friends tried to thrash the biker, he whipped out a pistol. A drama followed for 12 to 15 minutes where in the biker, a security guard pointed the pistol at Ashish but Ashish and his friends managed to get hold of the weapon. A tug of war followed between them when finally the guard caught hold of his pistol and fired at Ashish. The bullet hitting Ashish’s palm hit his shoulder,” said a senior police officer.
The victim’s friends made a call to the police after which Ashish was rushed to the Sushruta Trauma centre where he was declared brought dead.
The officer added that at that time, there were passers-by who saw the incident but did not stop to help the victim.
Moreover, the biker took advantage of the ongoing traffic and fled from the spot with his bike,” added the officer.
Jatin Narwal, Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) said, “ We have got some clues about the accused and raids are being conducted,”.