Gurugram: 6 youths attack retired army colonel with beer bottles, break car's windshield and lights in road rage

The veteran was driving alone when a car in the lane on his right suddenly swerved to the left, and though he tried to apply the brakes and avoid it, his car touched it.

An army colonel driving back from a hospital in Gurugram, where he was attending his ailing father, was attacked by a group of youngsters in an incident of road rage. The youths allegedly took out beer bottles and damaged his vehicle after his car grazed their vehicle.

The incident took place on Saturday night when the veteran, identified as Anil Yadav (50), was returning from Medanta hospital in Gurugram and driving alone.

Yadav narrated the incident online and mentioned that it lead to his hospitalisation. He claimed that they also pushed him into their car and tried to drive away with him but couldn't figure out how to get his car moving.

Gurugram police swung into action after his social media post sparked multiple reactions and demand for action. The police registered an FIR at Sector 50 police station, arrested five of the accused on Monday.

An FIR was registered under relevant sections of the BNS at Sector 50 police station on Monday. The police arrested five accused, who "confessed" to the crime. The arrested accused were identified as Pankaj (23), Vikas (21), Nikhil (21), residents of district Rewari, Sahil (22) and Ankit Kumar (22), residents of Mahendergarh district.

"I was driving alone when a car in the lane on my right suddenly swerved to the left, and though I tried to apply the brakes and avoid it, my car touched it. Being a veteran, it comes naturally to me to address the situation up front, so I opened my door and got out to inspect the damage. Six men alighted from the other car, carrying beer bottles and started arguing with me even though I was open to compensating for the minor damage monetarily," he was quoted in reports.

"But they had other designs and began assaulting me with bottles and punches. They also damaged my car with beer bottles, breaking the windshield and lights, etc.," he alleged.

"They had to escape as traffic was piling up, but only after getting Rs 30,000 transferred through my UPI account. I had to be rushed to a hospital and am admitted there after the emergency medical protocol," Yadav said in his complaint.

Yadav further pointed out that the Gurugram police investigation officer for this case did "not find time to come to the hospital and take my statement, leave alone an FIR. The woman IO sincerely believes that I am the one who beat up six guys after hitting their car and quietly drove away".