Jaipur, July 4 -- A 24-year-old man was killed after being run over by an SUV while escaping a road rage assault in Jaipur's Narayan Vihar area late Thursday night, police said.

The deceased, identified as Atul Mandal, a resident of Narayan Vihar, was returning home in his car when the incident occurred.

Mandal was reversing his car near the Narayan petrol pump on Vande Mataram Road when it allegedly brushed against another car behind him. The occupants of the other vehicle reportedly became enraged, chased Mandal, forced him to stop, pulled him out of his car, and assaulted him, police said.

In an attempt to escape the attackers, he tried running to the other side of the road. At that moment, an SUV hit him. Police said the SUV ran ov...