The state government would be paying monetary compensation to the man who was illegally kept in the custody by the Deonar police, despite having been granted judicial custody.
Mumbai Road Rage: Auto driver arrested
Mirror Online / Updated: Dec 24, 2020, 20:19 IST
A 34-year-old autorickshaw driver has been arrested in a case of road rage in
Govandi in Mumbai. He has been slapped with an attempt to murder charge after a video of him deliberately knocking down a motorcyclist surfaced on social media.
The accused has been identified as
Salman Sayyed, a resident of
Rafiq Nagar. He has been arrested for hitting the two-wheeler belonging to Kishor Kashinath Kardak (42), a resident of
Ghatkopar.
The incident took place at Ghatkopar-Mankhurd Link Road on December 17 but the footage of the road rage surfaced only today.
Mumbai: Auto driver charged with attempt to murder for intentionally dashing biker
Mumbai: Auto driver charged with attempt to murder for intentionally dashing biker
Mumbai: In a case of road rage an autorickshaw driver was held for attempt to murder after he purposely dashed a biker in the middle of road over an altercation. The entire incident was captured on a car camera which was coming from behind. After the video went viral, the Deonar police traced and arrested the auto driver Salman Rajjan Sayyad (34), a resident of Govandi, for attempt to murder and rash driving, said police.
According to the police, the incident took place on December 17. However, it came to light only on Wednesday. Soon after the video went viral, we first located the incident spot and began searching for the autorickshaw and the biker, said Balasaheb Ghavte, acting senior inspector of Deonar police station.