Man tries to settle road rage, gets assaulted by gang

Praveen Kumar | NT

Bengaluru: A man who tried to settle a road rage score between his friend and another group is now battling for life after he was repeatedly stabbed and attacked by his friend’s rival group. The victim, identified as Darshan (25), a resident of Andrahalli, is undergoing treatment in a hospital.

The attack happened a few days ago in front of the Gajanana juice centre shop on the Annapoorneshwarinagar main road in the city. Darshan’s friend Varun, a resident of Veeranjaney Temple Road at Sanjeevini Nagar in Hegganahalli, was going on his two-wheeler from Andhrahalli towards Hegganahalli.

When he reached near the Metro wine store, a car came from behind and rammed into Varun’s two-wheeler. The driver of the car started abusing Varun and also called his five friends to the spot. They then started attacking Varun.

“Varun managed to escape from the gang and ran to his friend Darshan seeking help. The latter came to the spot, pulled Varun’s two-wheeler key from the accused and attacked one of them. Then Darshan took the gang of accused along with Varun to the lorry stand near the Bydarahalli police station. The accused were warned and they left the spot,” said a police officer.

The next day the accused managed to obtain Darshan’s contact details and asked him to meet them near the BDA complex on Annapoorneshwarinagar main road. A gang of seven to eight accused had come in an auto and three bikes near the Gajanana juice centre.

“The gang picked a fight with Darshan for beating one of their members. Using juice bottles, they hit Darshan’s head. The other gang members who had come with daggers and knives started repeatedly stabbing Darshan. They have also damaged the glass showcase of the juice shop. The gang then escaped in their vehicles,” the officer said based on the statements of the complainant.

Some of the accused have been identified as Shivaraja, Manja, Shastri, while seven to eight are yet to be identified. The victims managed to hear three names of the accused being called by the gang members.

A case of attempt to murder (IPC 307), voluntarily causing hurt (IPC 323), causing hurt by dangerous weapons (IPC 324), mischief causing damage (IPC 427), unlawful assembly (IPC 149) along with other sections of the IPC has been registered against the accused.

The police have managed to arrest a few accused members. Further investigations are on.