In a shocking incident of road rage, a youth was stabbed to death on Saturday late night under Argora Police Station in the State Capital for allegedly overtaking a scooter.
The incident took place near Argora Chowk of the State Capital late at around 11 pm. The deceased was identified as one Rohit Kumar, a resident of Chapu Toli. Argora Police Station In-charge, Vinod Kumar informed that the incident took place when three youths were going home riding on a scooty, two youths riding on another scooty tried to overtake but they did not get pass for overtake.
"After which the youth riding on the other scooty stopped the first scooty by speeding their vehicle and overtook them, which led to a verbal spat.
During the spat one of these two youths opened fire. After which Rohit Kumar started quarrelling with the youth and then one of them stabbed Rohit with a knife and ran away from the spot. Rohit's stomach was badly injured in the attack, police said.
Kumar further informed that soon after the incident, Rohit was rushed to a nearby hospital with the help of locals, from where he was referred to RIMS for treatment. "Rohit died while being treated at RIMS. The persons involved in the case have not been identified. On the basis of suspicion, the police have started looking for them and the police have also raided some places," he added.
In another case of crime, a robbery was attempted at the petrol pump near the Ranchi University gate under the Kotwali police station area at around 8 am on Sunday.
"Petrol pump worker informed that two people riding on scooty had come to get petrol and after filling the petrol, when the petrol pump worker asked for money, both of them tried to snatch a bag full of money at gun point. Petrol pump workers did not leave the bag and started making noise. After which the criminals escaped from there," he added.