24-year-old run over by suv while fleeing road rage
Jaipur, July 5 -- 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, from Narayan Vihar, was returning home 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 over him after he fell on the road. Both those involved in the alleged road rage incident and the SUV driver fled the scene. Police from Narayan Vihar police station reached the spot and rushed Mandal to Jaipuria Hospital, where doctors declared him dead.
Police shifted the body to the mortuary at Jaipuria Hospital for a postmortem examination. After the autopsy was completed, the body was handed over to the family.
Police have registered a case and launched an investigation into the matter, said Narayan Vihar SHO Gunjan Soni. HTC...
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