Biker shot at in road rage

The youth was attacked in outer Delhi yesterday morning allegedly by an enraged car driver after the victim did not allow him to overtake

Biker shot at in road rage

The youth was attacked in outer Delhi yesterday morning allegedly by an enraged car driver after the victim did not allow him to overtake

Delhi's streets are dangerous and we are not talking about the potholes. In a fresh case of road rage, two unidentified men travelling in a Scorpio car allegedly shot at a 25-year-old biker for not letting them overtake him. The incident took place in Rohini area of outer Delhi on Monday morning.

Rough ride: Pradeep (above) being carried to Maharishi Valmiki
Hospital in Delhi after the incident on Wednesday. Pics/Mid Day

A senior police official said that they received a call in this respect at around 8 am on Wednesday. "The victim identified as Pradeep was on his way to office on his bike when the incident occurred. On the way a Scorpio car was trying to overtake his bike from the wrong side. When the car driver failed to overtake his bike, they had an argument. The argument got heated up and in a fit or rage the persons travelling in Scorpio fished out a gun and opened fire at him. Pradeep tried to escape but a bullet hit him on his left stomach and he fell on the road writhing in pain," said a senior police official.

Left to die
The official added that the accused fled from the crime scene along with the vehicle leaving Pradeep to die. A passer-by found him lying in a pool of blood and made a call on PCR to inform cops about the incident. PCR van reached the spot and Pradeep was rushed to a nearby government hospital.

"Doctors told the police that the bullet pierced through his stomach. After treatment police have taken the statement of eyewitnesses and the victim. Cops have lodged an FIR of attempt to murder in this regard," said a police official.u00a0u00a0 Police said that Pradeep is a resident of Pooth Khurd village in sector 20 area of Rohini. His family members have denied possibility of any personal rivalry behind the incident. "Pradeep had noted down the number of the Scorpio. Police are trying to locate the owner of the vehicle to reach the accused," said a police official.

Why's Delhi so angry?
Schoolboy murdered
On March 12 a 16-year-old student of Cambridge School in Srinivaspuri area of Delhi was attacked and stabbed to death by nine of his friends. The culprits were angry because the victim, Yash Gupta, had complained to their family members that they owed him money and were not paying it back. When their relatives reprimanded them, the accused decided to settle scores with Yash. They intercepted him while he was on his way to his tuition classes. The boys started beating him up and then one of the accused stabbed him to death. All nine teenagers have been held and sent to a juvenile home.

Killed over mobile phone
On the same day, a 28-year-old man, furious after an argument with his mother over buying a mobile phone for him beat her to death with an iron rod. The incident took place in Harsh Vihar area of north Delhi on Saturday evening when Yusuf Ali attacked his 55-year-old mother Parveena Begum. Ali was arrested the next day, said police. "The house always remained tense as Ali used to frequently quarrel and fight with all his family members over petty issues as he had married against their wishes," a police official said.Parveena, who was hit with the rod 30 times, suffered multiple wounds. She was taken to Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital where she succumbed to her injuries.

DU girl shot dead
On International Women's Day (March 8), 20-year-old Radhika Tanwar was shot dead not far from her south Delhi college in broad daylight. Investigators attributed the immediate trigger for the girl's murder on the foot-over-bridge outside Ramlal Anand College in Dhaula Kuan to an incident three days before her killing, when Vijay alias Ram Singh, the accused who has been arrested, was snubbed by Radhika when he approached her to strike a conversation. Police said Vijay 'nurtured deep grudge' against Radhika after he was beaten up for harassing her and used to tell his friends that whenever he got an opportunity, he would avenge the humiliation.

Pilot runs over man
In an incident of road rage, a young restaurant manager was killed in Khan Market on January 11, when a Jet Airways pilot allegedly ran his car over him after their vehicles collided. The police said the incident took place at around 1:50 pm after the cars driven by Vikas Aggarwal, the pilot, and Rajiv Jolly, a manager at a Khan Market restaurant, met with a minor collision at a traffic signal. Jolly came out of his car and allegedly entered into an argument with the pilot and thrashed him, a senior police official said. Jolly and Aggarwal are in their early thirties. Jolly was rushed to the hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.

Murder over chicken tikka
In December last year, a young software professional was allegedly shot dead by a 36-year-old man after he accidentally knocked off a plate of chicken tikka. The incident occurred when the deceased Himanshu Batra and his three friends had gone to the Sector 17 DDA market of Rohini for food. As Batra opened the door of his car, it hit one Surya Prakash who was coming by, and he dropped a plate of chicken tikka he was holding. This sparked an ugly brawl which ended when Prakash whipped out a pistol and fired at a stunned Batra from close range. The victim was shot in the stomach and chest, and died instantly. Prakash escaped but left behind his vehicle, which later helped police to track him down. Police had seized a Maruti car, a pistol with two live cartridges and a spare magazine with three live cartridges from Prakash.