Road rage: Impatient motorists beat Delhi man to death, one held

New DelhiA spat over yielding space in a traffic jam ended fatally for a middleaged motorcyclist who was beaten to death by five people even as his sons unsuccessfully tried to get police to intervene One of the accused has been arrestedShahnawaz a 38yearold resident of IP Estate area in east Delhi was returning home from a family function with his two sons on a motorbike when it was hit by a car near Turkman Gate in Daryaganj on Sunday night police said on MondayMother C of a road rage victim Shahnawaz inset 38 mourns his death at a street in Turkman Gate area of Delhi on Monday PicPTIThe incident took place around 1130 pm on Sunday Shahnawaz owned an electrical shop on Mata Sundari Road while his parents lived near Turkman Gate in the old quarter of DelhiOne of the accused has been arrested Delhi Police chief BS Bassi told the mediaShahnawaz was beaten to death by five people One of the accused Mohammed Wasim has been arrested and the hunt for the remaining four is on Bassi saidHe said all the five accused were local buildersShahnawazs sons Fahad 13 and Kaif 9 rushed to the police post situated across the road where they pleaded with two policemen to help their father but to no avail their 50yearold grandmother Noorjahan told IANSOn receiving no help they went running to their grandmother and told her about the incidentBut by the time the family reached the spot it was too late The family rushed the heavily bleeding Shahnawaz lying on the road to the nearby Lok Nayak Jaiprakash Hospital where he was declared deadHowever the victims relatives said Wasim was not the real culpritPolice are trying to save the real accused by arresting other people Suzauddin the victims uncle told IANSWe demand quick arrest of all the five men who are actually responsible for my nephews death he saidShahnawazs family members and relatives on Monday continued a protest they had launched on Sunday night against the authorities for their lax investigationThey held a cloth banner which featured Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwals picture along with those of the accused demanding quick arrestAccording to Suzauddin and other relatives the accused were local strongmen and are 18 brothersThe victims family named Badshah Khan Jamaluddin Sheikh Kamaluddin Shafiq Sheikh Nizamuddin Sheikh and Hazi Jalaluddin as the accusedThe family also circled the accused peoples faces on the bannerPolice are saying there were five accused but actually there were six Suzauddin claimedWitnesses told police that five men were inside the car which slightly bumped into Shahnawazs bike from the side on Sunday nightAccording to the witnesses the driver of the car told Shahnawaz to move his vehicle sideways but when the victim said he was unable to do so due to heavy traffic an argument broke out between themThe cars occupants beat him up after a heated argumentPeople and the victims relatives gathered at the spot and protested against Delhi Police through Sunday night and also damaged a few vehicles leading to traffic chaos in the area Protesters blocked the nearby roadsOn Monday heavy police arrangements were made in the Turkman Gate area over the rising tensionThe victims father 60yearold Salauddin is a scrap dealerShahnawaz has three younger brothers Wasim 33 Faisal 32 and Suhail 19He is survived by his 33yearold wife Farzana and three children the two sons who witnessed the crime and a fiveyearold daughter Talbia