BENGALURU: A businessman in Bengaluru underwent surgical procedure after his finger was severely bitten throughout a highway rage incident that started over rainwater splashing onto one other car. The incident occurred on the evening of 26 Could close to the Railway Colony on Magadi Highway. Jayant Shekhar, a resident of Magadi Highway, was driving residence along with his spouse Parvati and mother-in-law Manjula after dinner when their electrical automotive splashed rainwater onto an adjoining car whereas navigating a waterlogged stretch.
Based on the police grievance, the driving force of the adjoining automotive and a girl passenger yelled at Shekhar, who apologised and continued driving. Nevertheless, the opposite car overtook and blocked Shekhar’s automotive a brief distance later. The person then allegedly compelled Shekhar out of the automotive, started shouting at him and bodily assaulted him. Throughout the altercation, Shekhar reportedly grabbed the person’s hand in an try to flee, at which level the person bit Shekhar’s proper ring finger and punched him under his left eye. He then fled the scene, issuing threats. “Shekhar’s finger was badly injured and docs stated surgical procedure was essential as a result of bone harm,” Parvati advised TOI.She added that the therapy at a non-public hospital in Sheshadripuram price Rs 2 lakh and that her husband remains to be in ache. Parvati additionally alleged that the girl accompanying the attacker behaved aggressively and threatened them. A proper police grievance was filed the next day on the Magadi Highway police station. A case has been registered underneath a number of sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, together with voluntarily inflicting damage and grievous damage, prison intimidation and wrongful restraint. Police say efforts are underway to establish and arrest the suspects, who have been travelling in a automotive with registration quantity KA-02-MT-0512.
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That is the most recent in a sequence of violent highway rage instances within the metropolis. In April, an Indian Air Pressure Wing Commander was booked for try to homicide following a brawl with a non-public firm worker. CCTV footage later confirmed the officer allegedly assaulting the person. In August 2024, a 21-year-old supply government named Mahesh died after being hit by a automotive that had allegedly chased him following a minor collision.