Bank officer killed by goons after altercation at busy roads
Incidents of road rage are apparently turning uglier in the city with the kidnapping and killing of a banker on Wednesday in Ranchi. The ghastly incident happened in broad daylight but it could not be prevented for some unknown reasons. Nonetheless the alarming incident puts question mark over zoning of roads according to speed limits to control rash driving and prevent from reoccurring.
On Wednesday, PK Paul, an official of Bank of India, was killed after getting abducted when his car collided with another car near Judge Colony in Doranda. According to eyewitnesses, the collision enraged youths in another car who demanded money for getting their car back in shape leading to verbal spat with the banker. The slain banker’s body was found in afternoon on the same day in Burhmu near the River. Police suspect involvement of five persons in the case, however, no one has been arrested so far.
“We are trying to arrest those involved in the incident. The vehicle that was used for the incident has been confiscated and is lying in the police station,” said Doranda PS in-charge.
The incident has shocked Ranchi District Bank Employees Association which has condemned the incident and is planning to organize a peaceful protest march on September 6 from Albert Ekka Chowk to the office of Ranchi Senior Superintendent of Police.
Few month’s back one motorcycle borne youth was shot dead in Doranda when his motorcycle had collided with an autorickshaw. The incident had shocked capital because a heinous crime was committed over a trivial issue. City traffic police which is short staffed also lacks any mechanism to substantiate overspeeding by vehicles that in some cases run over people leaving them in a pool of blood to die.
“We don’t have devices to check if a vehicle has overstepped the speed limit. In the absence of any device we cannot prove the case in the court. So it is difficult to control overspeeding but wherever we find the case we impose fine,” said Traffic SP Rajeev Rajan Singh. Police in most of the cases are clueless about whether vehicles have breached speed limit or is moving at a right speed. The confusion still prevails as the city is yet to be demarcated into zones according to speed limits. Thus whatever penalty imposed is done only in cases where two vehicles collide. Absence of zones has comes as a boon for speed lovers however it is a bane for those are knocked down on the streets.
“The city has not been divided into zones so it is difficult to control rash driving and cases of road rage,” added the Traffic SP.