Rickshaw driver shot at, student assaulted in two separate road rage cases

IN TWO separate incidents of road rage in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad, a 48-year-old rickshaw driver was shot at and a 27-year-old student was brutally beaten. Police have made arrests in both the incidents.

The first incident took place on the intervening midnight of March 8 and 9 in the Kakde Vasti area of Kondhwa in which a 48-year-old rickshaw driver Ajju Ahmed Shaikh was shot at after he had an argument with a group of seven to eight people. Shaikh escaped unhurt in the incident as the bullet hit a metal pole nearby.

Officials said that Shaikh had an argument with the group while taking a turn in the area as the Shaikh’s rickshaw and a bike of one of the accused came face to face. Following the argument, the group started hurling abuses at Shaikh and one of them opened fire with a firearm, suspected to be a country-made pistol. They also threatened him with a knife. After the incident, the police rushed to the spot and launched a probe. A case of attempt to murder was registered against the accused persons.