In yet another case of road rage, a car driver was beaten up by a group of four men after the vehicle grazed one of them at Sarai Rohilla area in North Delhi on Monday late night. The accused however, alleged that the car driver tried to run over them when they objected. A cross case has been lodged at Sarai Rohilla police station after taking complaints from both the sides.
The incident took place at Shastri Nagar locality when Ashu (24) was going towards his home along with his friends Rajesh Verma, Bunty and Sonu. “At about 10 pm, a car driven by Ankit, hit Ashu from behind. On this Ashu asked the car driver to drive properly,” said the police.
On this, as per Ashu’s complaint, Ankit reversed the car and again tried to run over Ashu due to which he fell on the road and suffered injuries. Seeing this, Ashu’s friends grabbed Ankit and allegedly beat him with sticks and punches.
“It was only after local people intervened that the situation was taken under control,” said a police officer. A police call was made and a PCR reached the spot. later on medical examination of all the men was conducted at the hospital.
A senior police officer said that during investigation it was learnt that both the parties were at fault and cases were registered against both of them. “Ankit has been booked for rash and negligent driving. Ashu’s three friends who beat up Ankit have been booked for causing injuries,” said the officer.
It is the second incident of road rage in the city in last couple of days. A man, Shahnawaz, was allegedly beaten to death in front of his two minor children by a group of men after his motorcycle grazed their car in central Delhi’s Turkman Gate on Sunday night.