Arrested suspect Syed Sameer. (SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT)
Bengaluru: Commercial Street Police in east Bengaluru have arrested a 25-year-old for harassing and abusing a car driver, in a case of road rage, officials said on Wednesday.
The arrested is Syed Sameer, a resident of Yarab Nagar in Banashankari. Sameer worked menial jobs, the police said.
According to the police, on January 26, at around 1.30 pm, near Halasuru Road Cross, Sameer, on his two-wheeler, jumped the signal and rode close to the car driven by Praveen MN, 43, from Halasuru.
When Praveen told him to ride carefully, Sameer responded rudely that it is “my vehicle, my road, I will drive as I please”.
When Praveen told him to repeat the same thing before the police, Sameer allegedly said: “Who police? Why should I come? Who are you to ask?”
When Praveen drove away, Sameer allegedly followed him and waylaid his car near Manipal Centre and began abusing him. “He hit me with his hands and threatened me,”
Praveen was quoted as saying in the FIR.
The video of the exchange captured by Praveen went viral on social media. Police subsequently arrested Sameer, who apologised for his actions in a video released later.